Common Misspelled Words

Nadira F. (United States of America)
Ever feel like auto-speck checkers do more harm than good by automatically correcting your spelling errors? Just by typing that sentence my browser's build-in auto-checker swiftly and accurately pointed out my careless disregard for spelling and fixed it accordingly.

Presumptuous auto-checkers help many people in writing but more often than not, auto-checkers keeps people from acknowledging our errors as we continue to type without worry of misspelling words.

For these concerning matters, I have taken the liberty to create a short list of common misspelled words. Enjoy!
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  1. accept
    receive willingly something given or offered
    “Transitional justice and national reconciliation based on accepting the other is our only option,” he said in a Twitter post.
  2. advice
    a proposal for an appropriate course of action
    The member of staff was questioned and given "words of advice" but no further action was taken.
  3. advise
    give advice to
    Ms. Hanni advises travelers always to follow flight attendants’ instructions.
  4. affect
    have an influence upon
    The firm added that affected users could manually remove the software by going into their settings menu.
  5. allay
    lessen the intensity of or calm
    The culture may be different in France, the researchers said, but "our findings should help allay physicians' medicolegal concerns."
  6. alley
    a narrow street with walls on both sides
    He was an ordinary alley cat, whose only real talent was for getting into trouble.”
  7. all together
    used of a group whose members acted or were acted upon collectively and when `all' and `together' can be separated by other words
    So these two companies merged together and kept a lot of products – perhaps more than thirty all together. Forbes (Jul 11, 2013)
  8. allude
    make an indirect reference to
    Such consequences are not even alluded to in this book. Forbes (Jul 22, 2013)
  9. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
    So many adjectives and a Star Trek allusion promise great things.
  10. ally
    a friendly nation
    Eisenhower favored substantial aid both to allies and to nonaligned countries in the Cold War.
  11. a lot
    to a very great degree or extent
    Power is intriguing because, true to his name, he wields quite a lot – but does so unobtrusively.
  12. altogether
    to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent
    He got expelled from a few schools for disobedience and not doing homework, then dropped out of high school altogether.
  13. Arthur
    a legendary king of the Britons
    He grew up watching Rugrats on Nickelodeon and Arthur on PBS.
  14. author
    a person who writes professionally
    Jane Austen is one of the country's most celebrated authors.
  15. breath
    the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
    The disease causes shortness of breath, a persistent cough and chest pains.
  16. breathe
    draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
    “Just imagine,” says Andrew, “breathing in his actual scent.” Nature (Jul 24, 2013)
  17. broccoli
    plant with dense clusters of tight green flower buds
    Over here we have broccoli salad, which is very good — tasty!
  18. bureaucracy
    a government administered primarily by nonelective officials
    University leaders saw Ms. Napolitano’s experiences running a state and one of the largest federal government bureaucracies as assets.
  19. censor
    a person authorized to suppress unacceptable material
    Experts say that in Syria, Blue Coat’s tools have been used to censor Web sites and monitor the communications of dissidents, activists and journalists.
  20. cite
    make reference to
    McDonald’s reported second-quarter earnings that missed analyst expectations Monday, citing economic instability exerting pressure on its customers around the word.
  21. complement
    something added to embellish or make perfect
    If conceived and executed properly, online courses could provide an important complement. Nature (Jul 24, 2013)
  22. compliment
    a remark expressing praise and admiration
    In an interview, Akten demonstrated how users on Yelp can “friend” each other, dish out compliments, and plan events to gather together offline. Forbes (Jul 11, 2013)
  23. consensus
    agreement in the judgment reached by a group as a whole
    When, armed with this fortune, he turned to space exploration, the consensus said he was nuts.
  24. council
    a body serving in an administrative capacity
    Derby City Council took legal possession of the property at 18 Victory Road earlier this year.
  25. counsel
    something that provides direction or advice
    Pupils and staff at the school attended by Joshua are to be offered counselling, Torbay Council said.
  26. definitely
    without question and beyond doubt
    It definitely made riding through all the pain worth it. BBC (Jul 23, 2013)
  27. effect
    a phenomenon that is caused by some previous phenomenon
    Side effects such as nausea, vomiting and anxiety were not any more common among people taking ginseng. Reuters (Jul 24, 2013)
  28. elude
    escape, either physically or mentally
    Bottom line: Snowden may well now elude U.S. authorities after he seemed to be cornered in Sheremetyevo’s transit lounge.
  29. emigrate
    leave one's country of residence for a new one
    Gunter had lived in London but later emigrated to the US.
  30. except
    prevent from being included or considered or accepted
    No one except their stockholders really likes fossil fuels, but neither do they call out riverkeepers breathing fire.” Scientific American (Jul 23, 2013)
  31. farther
    more distant in especially space or time
    “When it comes to manufacturing, Detroit is much farther down the learning curve,” says Willy Shih, a professor at Harvard Business School.
  32. father
    a male parent
  33. immigrate
    come into a new country and change residency
    Apprehensions of Asians immigrating illegally to the United States have increased sharply in recent years, according to the U.S.
  34. indict
    accuse formally of a crime
    The judge even questioned whether the grand jury that indicted Mr. Simmons after hearing testimony from a Drug Enforcement Administration agent had received “accurate information.”
  35. loose
    not affixed
    Many women are left with scars, stretch marks, and loose skin after giving birth.
  36. lose
    fail to keep or to maintain
    One man lost his leg, and two children were seriously injured by shrapnel, he added.
  37. maneuver
    a military training exercise
    In one scene, a group of trainees practiced evasive maneuvers on the driving track.
  38. phlegm
    saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages
    In the past few days, he said, he had coughed up enough phlegm "to float Fire Island."
  39. prejudice
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
    Living in the house must feel like a safe space for those who are prejudiced.
  40. principal
    main or most important
    He became the bank's principal employee working on what became Abacus, known in the financial industry as a synthetic collateralized debt obligation.
  41. principle
    a basic generalization that is accepted as true
    Either way, the principles are a step forward for transparency.
  42. sacrilegious
    grossly irreverent toward what is considered holy
    No doubt for some, the sight of Mozart’s violin tricked out in 21st-century gadgetry is sacrilegious.
  43. set
    put into a certain place or abstract location
    Similarly he said the site's fields for second and third income streams was set up to help families with multiple jobs plan budgets together.
  44. sight
    the ability to see; the visual faculty
    Visual search involves not just sight but memory and abstract thought. Scientific American (Jul 24, 2013)
  45. sit
    take a seat
    A grieving father, Satinder Ram, sits exhausted under a banyan tree.
  46. site
    the piece of land on which something is located
    About 10,000 people living near the site are bidding for compensation, arguing fumes from the blaze affected their health.
  47. stationary
    not capable of being moved
    Instead of seeing the book come alive in my head, it was like looking at a separate, stationary picture every chapter.
  48. stationery
    paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters
    The school says athletic director Frank Howard was not impressed when he first saw the tiger paw logo on stationery. Seattle Times (May 30, 2013)
  49. unnecessary
    not needed
    He portrayed the procedure as unnecessary and intended to “actively discourage” meetings with lawyers.
  50. weird
    strikingly odd or unusual
    He said it's not Wolverine's steel claws, healing powers or weird hair that is his defining characteristic.
Created on Wed Jul 24 13:17:00 EDT 2013 (updated Wed Jul 24 15:25:02 EDT 2013)

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