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Core Spelling List


Here's a list compiled from five or six other lists of "most frequently misspelled words."
CORE SPELLING LIST

absence
accept
accidentally
accommodate
accomplish
achievement
acquire
across
advise
affect
against
all right
almost
already
although
altogether
among
analysis
analyze
annual
answer
apparent
appearance
appropriate
arguing
around
arouse
arrangement
article

beginning
believe
benefit
benefited
brilliant
business

careful
carrying
certain
changeable
chief
choose
chose
column
coming
committed
comparatively
conceive
conceivable
conscience
conscientious
conscious
consistent
continuous
control
controlled
convenient
council
counsel
criticism
criticize

dealt
decide
decision
definite
desirable
develop
development
difference
different
disappear
disappoint
disastrous
dissatisfied
distinction


easily
effect
efficient
environment
equipped
especially
etc.
exaggerate
excellent
except
exercise
existence
experience
experiment
explanation
extremely

familiar
fascinate
finally
foreign
foresee
forth
forty
fourth
friend
fundamental
further

generally
government
grateful
guarantee
guard

height
hoping
humorous

imaginary
immediately
incidentally
independent
influential
intellectual
intelligent
interest
interfere
irrelevant
it's
its

judgment

knew
knowledge

laboratory
later
led
length
license
likelihood
likely
loose
lose

many
meant

naturally
necessary
neither
new
noticeable
now

obstacle
occasionally
occur
occurred
official
omit
omitted
opinion
opportunity
origin
original

paid
parallel
particularly
passed
past
peculiar
perceive
perform
permanent
personal
persuade
pertain
piece
planned
pleasant
possess
possession
possible
practical
precede
prefer
preferred
prejudice
prepare
prevalent
principal
principle
probably
procedure
proceed
prove
pursue
pursuit
quantity
quiet
quit
quite

realize
receive
recognize
recommenda-
tion
regard
relieve
religious
repetition
resistance
rhyme
rhythm
ridiculous

safety
scene
schedule
science
seize
sense
separate
several
shining
significant
similar
specimen
stopped
straight
strength
strenuous
stretch
studying
succeed
suppress
surprise

temperament
temperature
tendency
than
their
then
there
therefore
though
they're
thorough
thought

through
to
together
too
tries
truly
two

undoubtedly
until
unusual
usually

vague

weather
weird
were
we're
where
whether
wholly
whose
women
writing
written

your
you're







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