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  2. 21 Commonly Misspelled Words and How to Spell Them - AOL

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    If you've ever second-guessed yourself while trying to spell words like "beautiful," "receive," and "license," you're far from the only one. The post 21 Commonly Misspelled Words and How to Spell ...

  3. Commonly misspelled English words - Wikipedia

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    A misspelling in English might be made by someone used to a different spelling in another language; for example, "address" is translated "adresse" in French and German. Many Spanish words are similar or identical to English words, but with an "n" inserted, or replacing an "m", leading to errors: "inmigrant" from " inmigrante ", "cementery" from ...

  4. Spell checker - Wikipedia

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    English is unusual in that most words used in formal writing have a single spelling that can be found in a typical dictionary, with the exception of some jargon and modified words. In many languages, words are often concatenated into new combinations of words. In German, compound nouns are frequently coined from other existing nouns.

  5. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    As an adjective, Arab refers to people and things of ethnic Arab origin. Arabic refers to the Arabic language or writing system. Its use as a synonym for Arab is considered controversial by some [who?]. are and our. Are is the second-person singular present and the first-, second-, and third-person plural present of the verb be. Our means ...

  6. Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings - Wikipedia

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    The lists of common spelling mistakes linked below are used to correct typographical errors throughout Wikipedia.Each entry lists a typo, followed by the correct spelling in parentheses; clicking on the typo will search for it throughout Wikipedia.

  7. This map of America's most commonly misspelled words is ... - AOL

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    Google released a map showing each U.S. state's most misspelled word -- and some people from Wisconsin have a lot to explain. This map of America's most commonly misspelled words is jaw-dropping ...

  8. Each state's most frequently misspelled word - AOL

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    Over the last 12 months, Google took notice of what words people in states spell wrong the most. Topping the list is the word grey. According to Google, 12 states got it wrong, spelling the color ...

  9. Spelling - Wikipedia

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    Spelling is a set of conventions for written language regarding how graphemes should correspond to the sounds of spoken language. [1] Spelling is one of the elements of orthography, and highly standardized spelling is a prescriptive element.