Special Post for Writers #42 - Difficult Spellings

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Here is a list of words that many people find hard to spell.

The correct spelling is shown first, then, in brackets, common misspellings are shown.

accommodate (acommodate, accomodate)

Caribbean (Carribean, Caribean)

cemetery (cemetary)

conscience (conscence, conscious)

convalesce (convalece)

deductible (deductable)

ecstasy (ecstacy)

embarrass (embarass, embaress)

handkerchief (hankerchief)

indict (indite)

liaison (liason)

maintenance (maintainence)

millennium (millenium)

pharaoh (pharoh)

playwright (playwrite)

pronunciation (pronounciation)

rhythm (rythm, rhythym)

supersede (supercede)

weird (wierd)

I hope this list will be a useful quick-reference for writers.

This is #42 in my series of articles to save time for writers. I hope these ideas save you time.

I am a native English speaker, primary school teacher and adult trainer. I am qualified to teach English Literature and Creative Writing in the UK as part of the national curriculum.

Previous posts can be found here:

#1 Words You Could Use to Replace Go, Went or Walk
#2 Words You Could Use to Replace Go, Went or Walk continued
#3 Alternatives to 'Bad'
#4 Alternatives to 'Good'
#5 Eye Colours
#6 Tone Vocabulary List
#7 Emotions > Body Language Part 1
#8 Emotions > Body Language Part 2
#9 Emotions > Body Language Part 3
#10 Emotions > Body Language Part 4
#11 Describing Hair Colours
#12 Emotions > Body Language - Part 5
#13 Emotions > Body Language - Part 6
#14 Emotions > Body Language - Part 7
#15 Fighting Words
#16 Preposition Check List
#17 Comma Rules
#18 Describing Someone's Voice - Part 1
#19 Describing Someone's Voice - Part 2
#20 Describing Someone's Voice - Part 3
#21 Describing Someone's Voice - Part 4
#22 Describing Someone's Voice - Part 5
#23 Ways to Say 'Looks/Seems Like'
#24 Ways to Say 'Say' - Part 1
#25 Ways to Say 'Say' - Part 2
#26 Ways to Say 'Says' - Part 3
#27 Ways to Say 'Says' - Part 4
#28 Words to Describe Sounds - Part 1
#29 Words to Describe Sounds - Part 2
#30 Negative Character Traits - Part 1
#31 Negative Character Traits - Part 2
#32 How to Make a Character's Death Sadder
#33 Character Checklist
#34 Positive Character Traits - Part 1
#35 Positive Character Traits - Part 2
#36 Positive Character Traits - Part 3
#37 Animal Collective Nouns - Part 1
#38 Animal Collective Nouns - Part 2
#39 Animal Collective Nouns - Part 3
#40 Animal Collective Nouns - Part 4
#41 Animal Collective Nouns - Part 5

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