Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings
This is a list of common misspellings
They are used on this maintenance page. Note that not all of them will be misspellings: if they are in song titles, for instance, they must be left how the author intended; if they are in transliterations such as Tao Teh Ching, then they may be correct also.
Words may also be correctly spelled for pieces of text in other languages which occasionally appear within an English article yet be incorrect for English text. The guiding rule should be "Include words if they are more likely to be incorrect spellings than correct spellings even if this means that the maintenance page will occasionally show "false positives".
- absense (absence)
- acceptible (acceptable)
- accessable
- accidently
- accomadate (accommodate)
- accomadated (accommodated)
- accomadates (accommodates)
- accomadation (accommodation)
- accomadating (accommodating)
- accomodate (accommodate)
- accomodated (accommodated)
- accomodates (accommodates)
- accomodating (accommodating)
- accomodation (accommodation)
- accompanyed (accompanied)
- accross
- acheive
- acheived
- acheives
- acheiving
- acheivement
- achievment
- acomplish
- acquiantence
- acquited
- actualy
- acuracy
- admendment
- addmission
- adolecent
- adress
- adviced
- agian
- agina
- agravate
- agression
- agressive
- ahev
- ahppen
- ahve
- alegience
- allegience
- almsot
- alomst
- alot (a lot)
- alotted
- alreayd
- alusion (allusion, illusion)
- alwasy
- alwyas
- amature (armature, amateur)
- amke
- amking
- ammend
- amendmant
- ammendment
- anbd
- anual (annual)
- anytying
- approximitely
- aquiantance
- aquire
- aquitted (acquitted)
- arangement
- arguement
- artical
- articel
- assasin (assassin)
- assasinate (assassinate)
- assasinated (assassinated)
- assasinates (assassinates)
- assasination (assassination)
- assitant (assistant)
- athat (that)
- attaindre
- audeince
- awya
- bakc
- baout (about, bout)
- bcak
- beacuse
- becasue
- becuase
- befoer
- begining
- beleif (belief)
- beleive (believe)
- beleived (believed)
- beleives (believes)
- beleiving (believing)
- beseige
- boaut
- beaurocracy (bureaucracy
- busness
- casion
- catterpilar
- catterpilars
- censur (censor, censure)
- ceratin (certain, keratin)
- chasr
- cheif
- claer
- claerer
- claerly
- clera
- comander
- comittee
- comming
- commitee (committee)
- comitted
- communciation
- comprimise
- concious
- constatn
- congresional
- constuction (construction)
- continous (continuous)
- copywrite (copyright - nb copywrite is valid for proofread)
- corrispond
- coudl
- coudln
- cpoy
- cxan (cyan)
- dael
- decendents
- definit (definite)
- definately (definitely)
- definatly (definitely)
- definitly (definitely)
- deram
- deside
- dessicated
- devide
- diea
- disolved
- divison (division)
- divisons (divisions)
- doens
- doign
- donig
- donut (doughnut)
- dominiant
- dreasm
- drnik
- dyas (dryas)
- efel (evil)
- eles (Ellis)
- embarras (embarrass)
- embarrased (embarrassed)
- embarrasing (embarrassing)
- embarrasment (embarrassment)
- embarass (embarrass)
- embarassed (embarrassed)
- embarassing (embarrassing)
- embarassment (embarrassment)
- ened
- enxt
- equiped (equipped)
- equippment (equipment)
- erally (orally, really)
- esle
- esential
- essesital
- ethose
- eveyr
- exagerate (exaggerate)
- exagerated (exaggerated)
- exagerates (exaggerates)
- exagerating (exaggerating)
- existance (existence)
- existant (existent)
- eyar
- eyars (years, eyas)
- eyasr
- feasable
- febuary (february)
- feromone
- fianlly
- fidn
- fiel
- fiels
- financialy
- firends
- firts
- fomr (from, form)
- forfiet
- forhead
- foriegn
- formost
- forrest (ok as name; else forest)
- foudn
- fourty
- freind
- guage
- generaly
- gerat
- gogin
- gonig
- goign
- gouvener
- governer
- goverment
- graet
- grafitti
- grammaticaly
- grammer
- grat
- greif
- grwo
- gaurd
- garanteed (guaranteed)
- guranteed (guaranteed)
- guidence
- habaeus
- habeus
- hace
- haev
- hapened
- harasment (harassment)
- harras (harass)
- harrasing (harassing)
- harrased (harassed)
- harrases (harasses)
- harrasment (harassment)
- harrassing (harass
- harrassed (harassed)
- harrasses (harassed)
- harrassment (harassment)
- headquater (headquarter)
- headquatered
- headquaters
- herad
- heroe (hero)
- heros (heroes)
- hieght
- hismelf
- housr
- hten
- htere
- htey
- hting
- htikn
- htink
- htis
- humer
- hvae
- hvea
- hvaing
- hwihc
- hwile
- hwole
- hypocracy (hypocrisy)
- hypocrasy (hypocrisy)
- hypocricy (hypocrisy)
- hypocrit (hypocrite)
- idae
- idaes
- idesa
- ilogical
- imagenary
- imagin
- imediately
- imense
- immitate
- incidently
- increadible
- incredable
- indefinitly
- independance (independence, but -ance is correct in French, so be careful with New Caledonia)
- independant
- indispensible
- indite (indict)
- inevatible (inevitable)
- inevitible
- infinit
- inocence
- inpeach (impeach)
- intelectual
- inteligence
- inteligent
- interpet
- interupt
- intrest
- irelevent
- iresistable
- iresistible
- iritable
- iritated
- irresistable
- inot
- iwll
- iwth
- jeapardy
- jstu
- jsut
- judical
- judisuary
- knowlege
- konw
- konws
- knwo
- knwos
- kwno
- labatory (lavatory)
- labratory (laboratory)
- lavae (larvae)
- leanr
- legitamate
- leran
- lerans
- levle
- liason
- libary
- lible
- lief
- lieing
- liek
- liekd
- liesure
- liquify
- litature
- literture
- littel
- liuke
- livley
- loev
- lonelyness
- lonley
- lonly (lonely, only)
- lsat
- lveo
- lvoe
- maintainance (maintenance)
- maintainence (maintenance)
- maintenence (maintenance)
- makse
- manuever
- marrage
- mathamatics
- mear
- medacine
- meranda (veranda, Miranda)
- messanger
- millenium
- minature
- mischeivous (mischievous)
- mischevious (mischievous)
- misile (missile)
- misdameanors (misdemeanors)
- missle (missile, missel (thrush))
- mkae (make)
- mkaes (makes)
- mkaing (making)
- mkea (make)
- moent (moment)
- moeny (money)
- morgage (mortgage)
- movei (movie)
- mroe (more)
- muscels (mussels, muscles)
- mysef (myself)
- mysterous (mysterious)
- naturaly (naturally)
- naturely (naturally)
- naturually (naturally)
- naturual (natural)
- neccessary (necessary)
- necesary (necessary)
- neice (niece, nice)
- nickle (nickel)
- nineth (ninth)
- ninteenth (nineteenth)
- ninty (ninety)
- nkow (know)
- nkwo (know)
- noone (no one)
- noticable (noticeable)
- noticeing (noticing)
- nuculear (nuclear)
- nuisanse (nuisance)
- nusance (nuisance)
- obstacal (obstacle)
- ocasionally (occasionally)
- occassionally (occasionally)
- occurance (occurrence)
- occured (occurred)
- occurence (occurrence)
- occuring (occurring)
- occurr (occur)
- occurrance (occurrence)
- ocurr (occur)
- ocurrance (occurrence)
- ocurred (occurred)
- ocurrence (occurrence)
- offical (official)
- oging (going, ogling)
- omision
- omited
- omre
- onot
- onyl
- oponent
- oportunity
- oposite
- oposition
- oppinion
- optomism
- orgin (origin, organ)
- orginal (original, orignal)
- orginize
- otehr
- owrk
- owudl
- paide
- palce
- pamplet
- paralel
- paralell
- parrallel
- pasttime
- payed
- peculure
- peice
- peom
- peoms
- peopel
- peotry
- performence
- perhasp
- perheaps
- perhpas
- perjery
- permissable
- perphas
- personel (personnel, personal)
- petetion (petition)
- planed
- playwrite
- plesant
- poisin
- pomegranite
- posess (possess)
- posessed (possessed)
- posesses (possesses)
- posessing (possessing)
- posession (possession)
- possable (possible)
- possably (possibly)
- possesion (possession)
- possesing (possessing)
- possibilty (possibility)
- practicaly
- practicly
- prairy (prairie)
- preample
- preceed (precede)
- precurser
- prefered (preferred)
- prefering (preferring)
- prepair
- prepartion
- presense (presence)
- prevelant
- previvous
- privelege (privilege)
- privelige (privilege)
- privilage (privilege)
- priviledge (privelege)
- privledge (privilege)
- probablly
- probelm
- procedger
- proceedure
- proclomation
- profesion
- profesor
- proffesion
- proffesor
- prohabition
- prominant
- propellor
- prophacy
- propoganda
- protem
- psycology
- psyhic
- pumkin
- pursuade (persuade)
- pursuaded (persuaded)
- pursuades (persuades)
- pususading (persuading)
- pwoer
- pyschic
- qtuie
- quantaty
- quizes
- qutie
- radify (ratify)
- raelly
- reacll
- realy
- realyl
- reciept
- recieve
- recieved
- recieves
- recieving
- recomend
- recomended
- recomending
- recomends
- recrod
- rediculous
- referal (referral)
- refered (referred)
- refering (referring)
- referrence (reference)
- regluar
- rela
- relaly
- relativly
- releive
- relized
- rememberance
- repatition
- representive
- resistence
- restraunt (restraint, restaurant)
- rewriet
- roomate (roommate)
- russina
- rwite
- rythm
- rythem
- sacrafice
- saftey
- salery
- sargant
- sasy (says, sassy)
- schedual
- scirpt
- scripot
- seceed (succeed, secede)
- secratary
- secretery
- seige
- sensure
- seperate (separate)
- seperated (separated)
- seperates (separates)
- seperating (separating)
- sepina (subpoena)
- severley
- sherif
- shineing
- shoudl
- shoudln
- sieze
- simpley
- sincerley
- sinse
- smae
- smoe
- snese (sneeze)
- soem
- sohw
- soliders
- sophmore (sophomore)
- sotry
- sotyr (satyr, story)
- soudn
- soudns
- sould
- soulds
- soverign
- speach
- sponser
- stroy
- stoyr
- stopry
- storeis
- storise
- stnad
- stpo
- strat
- startegies
- stradegies
- startegic
- startegy
- stradegy
- stubborness
- stucture (structure)
- succesion
- successfull
- suceed
- suceeded
- suceeding
- suceeds
- sucesion
- sufferage
- sumary
- supercede (supersede)
- superintendant
- supose
- suposed
- suposes
- suposing
- supress
- surley
- suround
- surounded
- surounding
- suroundings
- surounds
- suseptible
- swiming
- syas
- tahn
- taht
- tath
- talek
- talekd
- tehy
- temperment
- temperture
- tendancy
- thgat
- tghe
- ther
- theri
- thge
- thier
- thign
- thigns
- thigsn
- thikn
- thikns
- thikning
- thiunk
- thna
- thne
- thnig
- thnigs
- thrid
- thsi
- thsoe
- thta
- tiem
- tihkn
- tihs
- timne
- tiome
- tje
- tjhe
- tkae
- tkaes
- tkaing
- tlaking
- tobbaco (tobacco)
- todya
- tommorrow
- tommorow
- tongiht
- towrad
- trafficed
- trafic
- transfered
- transfering
- truely
- turnk
- twon
- tyhat
- tyhe
- tyrany
- tyrrany
- unconcious
- unecessary
- univesities
- univesity
- unmistakeably
- untill
- useage
- usefull
- useing
- usualy
- vaccum
- valuble
- vegtable
- venemous (venomous)
- vengance
- veyr
- vigilence
- villin (villi, villain, villein)
- visable
- vrey
- vyer
- vyre
- waht
- warrent
- wass
- watn
- wehn
- weild
- wendsay
- wensday
- whcih
- whereever
- whic
- whihc
- wholy
- whta
- wief
- wierd
- wiht
- wintery
- wirting
- withdrawl
- wiull
- wnat
- wnats
- wnated
- wohle
- wokr
- woudl
- wriet
- wrok
- wroking
- wroet
- wtih
- yeild
- ytou
- yera
- yeras
- yersa
- yeasr