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 as the author intended; if they are in transliterations such as Tao Teh Ching, then they may also be correct.
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".
Please don't delete words from the mispelling page just because they are causing false positives. A better way of getting rid of false positives is to "comment them out". This can be done by changing the initial * symbol on a line into a : symbol. If this is done, it means that it's easy to put potential spelling errors back if you want to rerun a check for them at some future time.
- absense (absence)
- acording (according)
- acceptible (acceptable)
- accessable (accessible)
- accidently (accidentally)
- accomadate (accommodate)
- accomadated (accommodated)
- accomadates (accommodates)
- accomadation (accommodation)
- accomadating (accommodating)
- accomodate (accommodate)
- accomodated (accommodated)
- accomodates (accommodates)
- accomodating (accommodating)
- accomodation (accommodation)
- accompanyed (accompanied)
- accross (across)
- acheive (achieve)
- acheived (achieved)
- acheives (achieves)
- acheiving (achieving)
- acheivement (achievement)
- achievment (achievement)
- acomplish (accomplish)
- acquiantence (acquaintance)
- acquited (acquitted)
- actualy (actually)
- acuracy (accuracy)
- admendment (amendment)
- addmission (admission)
- adecuate (adequate)
- additinally (additionally)
- adolecent (adolescent)
- adress (address)
- adres (address)
- adressable (addressable)
- adresable (addressable)
- addres (address, adders)
- addresable (addressable)
- addresing (addressing)
- adresing (addressing)
- adressing (addressing, dressing)
- adviced ("advised" or "advice"--are we looking for a noun or verb?)
- agian (again)
- agina ("again" or "angina" or "vagina")
- agravate (aggravate)
- agression (aggression)
- agressive (aggressive)
- ahev (have)
- ahppen (happen)
- ahve (have)
- alegience (allegiance)
- alledged (alleged)
- allegience (allegiance)
- allopones (allophones)
- allopone (allophone)
- almsot (almost)
- alomst (almost)
- alot (a lot, allot)
- alotted (allotted)
- alreayd (already)
- althought (although)
- alusion (allusion, illusion)
- alwasy (always)
- alwyas (always)
- amature (armature, amateur)
- amke (make)
- amking (making)
- ammend (amend)
- amendmant (amendment)
- ammendment (amendment)
- anbd (and)
- ansalisation (nasalisation)
- ansalization (nasalization)
- anual ("annual" or "anal" - except "Anual" is a proper noun)
- anyhwere (anywhere)
- anytying (anything)
- appealling ("appealing" or "appalling")
- appearence (appearance)
- appearences (appearances)
- approximitely (approximately)
- aproximately (approximately)
- aquiantance (acquaintance)
- aquire (acquire)
- aquired (acquired)
- aquisition (acquisition)
- aquitted (acquitted)
- arangement (arrangement)
- artical (article)
- articel (article)
- artillary (artillery)
- assasin (assassin)
- assasinate (assassinate)
- assasinated (assassinated)
- assasinates (assassinates)
- assasination (assassination)
- assitant (assistant)
- athat (that)
- atribute (attribute)
- atributes (attributes)
- attaindre (attainder, attained)
- audeince (audience)
- avaliable (available)
- awya (away)
- bakc (back)
- baout ("about" or "bout")
- bcak (back)
- beacuse (because)
- beaticum (viaticum)
- beaurocracy (bureaucracy)
- becasue (because)
- becuase (because)
- befoer (before)
- begining (beginning)
- beginnig (beginning)
- beleif (belief)
- beleive (believe)
- beleived (believed)
- beleives (believes)
- beleiving (believing)
- beseige (besiege)
- boaut ("bout" or "boat" or "about")
- buring ("burying" or "burning" or "burin")
- busness (business)
- cant (cant or can't)
- carachter (character)
- carcas (carcass)
- casion (caisson)
- catterpilar (caterpillar)
- catterpilars (caterpillars)
- Celcius (Celsius)
- censur (censor, censure)
- ceratin (certain, keratin)
- chasr (chaser, chase)
- cheif (chief)
- claer (clear)
- claerer (clearer)
- claerly (clearly)
- clera (clear, sclera)
- collosal (colossal)
- comander (commander, commandeer)
- comittee (committee)
- comming (coming)
- commitee (committee)
- comitted (committed)
- communciation (communication)
- commiting (committing)
- competion (competition)
- compitent (competent)
- comprimise (compromise)
- concidered (considered)
- concious (conscious)
- conciously (consciously)
- constatn (constant)
- congresional (congressional)
- conjecutre (conjecture)
- consentrate (concentrate)
- consentrated (concentrated)
- consentrates (concentrates)
- consern (concern)
- conserned (concerned)
- conserning (concerning)
- constuction (construction)
- continous (continuous)
- continously (continuously)
- copywrite (copyright - nb copywrite is valid for proofread)
- correponding (corresponding)
- correposding (corresponding)
- corrispond (correspond)
- corrisponding (corresponding)
- corrisponded (corresponded)
- corrisponds (corresponds)
- coudl (could, cloud)
- cpoy (coy, copy)
- cxan (cyan)
- dael (deal, dial, dahl)
- Dardenelles (Dardanelles)
- decendents (descendants)
- definit (definite)
- definately (definitely)
- definatly (definitely)
- definitly (definitely)
- deram (dram, dream)
- desgined (designed)
- deside (decide)
- dessicated (desiccated)
- devide (divide)
- didnt (didn't)
- diea (idea, die)
- dieties (deities)
- diety (deity)
- dimenions (dimensions)
- disolved (dissolved)
- dissapear (disappear)
- divison (division)
- divisons (divisions)
- doens (does)
- doesnt (doesn't)
- doign (doing)
- dominiant (dominant)
- donig (doing)
- donut (variant of doughnut)
- Dravadian (Dravidian)
- dreasm (dreams)
- drnik (drink)
- dyas (dryas, dias)
- efel (evil)
- effecient (efficient)
- efficent (efficient)
- eigth (eighth)
- eles (Ellis)
- embarras (embarrass)
- embarrased (embarrassed)
- embarrasing (embarrassing)
- embarrasment (embarrassment)
- embarass (embarrass)
- embarassed (embarrassed)
- embarassing (embarrassing)
- embarassment (embarrassment)
- emperical (empirical)
- ened (need)
- enourmous (enormous)
- enxt (next)
- equiped (equipped)
- equippment (equipment)
- erally (orally, really)
- esle (else)
- esential (essential)
- essesital (essential)
- ethose (those)
- Eurpean (European)
- eveyr (every)
- evidentally (evidently)
- exagerate (exaggerate)
- exagerated (exaggerated)
- exagerates (exaggerates)
- exagerating (exaggerating)
- existance (existence)
- existant (existent)
- exmaple (example)
- extint (extinct, extant)
- eyar (year)
- eyars (years, eyas)
- eyasr (years)
- feasable (feasible)
- febuary (february)
- feromone (pheromone)
- fianlly (finally)
- ficticious (fictitious)
- fictious (fictitious)
- fidn (find)
- fiel (feel, field, file, phial)
- fiels (feels, fields, files, phials)
- financialy (financially)
- firends (friends)
- firts (flirts, first)
- fleed (fled, freed)
- fomr (from, form)
- forfiet (forfeit)
- forhead (forehead)
- foriegn (foreign)
- formost (foremost)
- foudn (found)
- fourty (forty)
- freind (friend)
- furuther (further)
- guage (gauge)
- generaly (generally)
- gerat (great)
- gogin (going, Gauguin)
- gonig (going)
- goign (going)
- gouvener (governor)
- governer (governor)
- goverment (government)
- graet (great)
- grafitti (graffiti)
- grammaticaly (grammatically)
- grat (great)
- greif (grief)
- grwo (grow)
- gaurd (guard, gourd)
- garanteed (guaranteed)
- grammer (grammar, except Kelsey Grammer)
- guerrila (guerilla, guerrilla -- both are correct)
- guerrilas (guerillas, guerrillas -- both are correct)
- guranteed (guaranteed)
- guidence (guidance)
- Guiseppe (Giuseppe)
- guttaral (guttural)
- gutteral (guttural)
- habaeus (habeas, latin as in habeas corpus)
- habeus (habeas, latin as in habeas corpus)
- hace (hare)
- haev (have, heave)
- hapen (happen)
- hapened (happened)
- hapening (happening)
- harasment (harassment)
- harras (harass)
- harrasing (harassing)
- harrased (harassed)
- harrases (harasses)
- harrasment (harassment)
- harrassing (harass
- harrassed (harassed)
- harrasses (harassed)
- harrassment (harassment)
- hasnt (hasn't)
- headquater (headquarter)
- headquatered (headquartered)
- headquaters (headquarters)
- herad (heard, Hera)
- heroe (hero)
- heros (heroes)
- hieght (height)
- hierachical (hierarchical)
- hierachy (hierarchy)
- hismelf (himself)
- honourary (honorary)
- housr (house)
- hten (then, hen, the)
- htere (there, here)
- htey (they)
- hting (thing)
- htikn (think)
- htink (think)
- htis (this)
- humer (humour)
- hvae (have)
- hvea (have, heave)
- hvaing (having)
- hwihc (which)
- hwile (while)
- hwole (whole)
- hypocracy (hypocrisy)
- hypocrasy (hypocrisy)
- hypocricy (hypocrisy)
- hypocrit (hypocrite)
- idae (idea)
- idaes (ideas)
- identicial (identical)
- idesa (ideas, ides)
- ilogical (illogical)
- imagenary (imaginary)
- imagin (imagine)
- imediately (immediately)
- imense (immense)
- immitate (imitate)
- immitated (imitated)
- incidently (incidentaly)
- increadible (incredible)
- incredable (incredible)
- indefinitly (indefinitely)
- independance (independence, but -ance is correct in French, so be careful with New Caledonia)
- independant (independent)
- indispensible (indispensable)
- indite (indict)
- indpendently (independently)
- indpendent (independent)
- inevatible (inevitable)
- inevitible (inevitable)
- infinit (infinite)
- inocence (innocence)
- inot (into)
- inpeach (impeach)
- intelectual (intellectual)
- inteligence (intelligence)
- inteligent (intelligent)
- interpet (interpret)
- interupt (interrupt)
- intrest (interest)
- irelevent (irrelevant)
- irresistable (irresistible)
- iresistable (irresistible)
- iresistibly (irresistibly)
- irresistably (irresistibly)
- iresistably (irresistibly)
- iresistible (irresistible)
- iritable (irritable)
- iritated (irritated)
- irresistable (irresistible)
- irregardless (regardless)
- isnt (isn't)
- iwll (will)
- iwth (with)
- Jaques (Jacques - except in Shakespeare)
- jeapardy (jeopardy)
- Jospeh (Joseph)
- jstu (just)
- jsut (just)
- judical (judicial)
- judisuary (judiciary)
- kindergarden (kindergarten)
- knowlege (knowledge)
- konw (know)
- konws (knows)
- knwo (know)
- knwos (knows)
- kwno (know)
- labatory (lavatory)
- labratory (laboratory)
- lavae (larvae)
- leanr (lean, learn, leaner)
- legitamate (legitimate)
- leran (learn)
- lerans (learns)
- levle (level)
- liason (liaison)
- libary (library)
- lible (libel)
- lief (life, leaf)
- lieing (lying)
- liek (like)
- liekd (liked)
- liesure (leisure)
- liquify (liquefy)
- litature (literature)
- literture (literature)
- littel (little)
- liuke (like)
- livley (lively)
- loev (love)
- lonelyness (loneliness)
- lonley (lonely)
- lonly (lonely, only)
- lsat (last)
- lveo (love)
- lvoe (love)
- maintainance (maintenance)
- maintainence (maintenance)
- maintenence (maintenance)
- makse (makes)
- Malcom (Malcolm - but "Malcom" may be right in some cases)
- manuever (maneuver, manoeuvre)
- marrage (marriage)
- marryied (married)
- Massachussetts (Massachusetts)
- mathamatics (mathematics)
- mear (wear, mere, mare)
- medacine (medicine)
- medeival (medieval, mediaeval)
- memeber (member)
- meranda (veranda, Miranda)
- messanger (messenger)
- metalic (metallic)
- millenia (millennia)
- millenium (millennium)
- milennia (millennia)
- milennium (millennium)
- minature (miniature)
- 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)
- mysogyny (misogyny)
- mysogynist (misogynist)
- mysterous (mysterious)
- naturaly (naturally)
- naturely (naturally)
- naturually (naturally)
- naturual (natural)
- neccessary (necessary)
- necesary (necessary)
- negociate (negotiate)
- negociation (negotiation)
- neice (niece, nice)
- nickle (nickel)
- nineth (ninth)
- ninteenth (nineteenth)
- ninty (ninety)
- nkow (know)
- nkwo (know)
- noone (no one)
- noteable (notable)
- nothern (northern)
- noticable (noticeable)
- noticeing (noticing)
- nto (not)
- nuculear (nuclear)
- nuisanse (nuisance)
- Nuremburg (Nuremberg)
- 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)
- officaly (officially)
- offically (officially)
- officialy (officially)
- oging (going, ogling)
- omision (omission)
- omited (omitted)
- ommited (omitted)
- ommiting (omitting)
- ommitted (omitted)
- ommitting (omitting)
- omre (more)
- onot (note, not)
- onyl (only)
- oponent (opponent)
- oportunity (opportunity)
- oposite (opposite)
- oposition (opposition)
- opression (oppression)
- opressive (oppressive)
- oppinion (opinion)
- optomism (optimism)
- orgin (origin, organ)
- orginal (original, orignal)
- orignally (originally)
- orginize (organise)
- otehr (other)
- owrk (work)
- owudl (would)
- paide (paid)
- palce (place)
- pamplet (pamphlet)
- paralel (parallel)
- paralell (parallel)
- parrallel (parallel)
- parrallell (parallel)
- parralel (parallel)
- parallely (parallelly)
- parrallelly (parallelly)
- paralely (parallelly)
- paralelly (parallelly)
- parrallely (parallelly)
- pasttime (pastime)
- pattented (patented)
- payed (paid)
- peculure (peculiar)
- peice (piece)
- peom (poem)
- peoms (poems)
- peopel (people)
- peotry (poetry)
- performence (performance)
- perhasp (perhaps)
- perheaps (perhaps)
- perhpas (perhaps)
- perjery (perjury)
- permissable (permissible)
- perphas (perhaps, purpose)
- persistance (persistence)
- persistant (persistent)
- personel (personnel, personal)
- personnell (personnel)
- persue (pursue)
- petetion (petition)
- phongraph (phonograph)
- pich (pitch)
- planed (planned; but valid if it means "made flat")
- playwrite (playwright)
- plesant (pleasant)
- poisin (poison)
- pomegranite (pomegranate)
- Portugese (Portuguese)
- posess (possess)
- posessed (possessed)
- posesses (possesses)
- posessing (possessing)
- posession (possession)
- possable (possible)
- possably (possibly)
- posseses (possesses)
- possesion (possession)
- possesing (possessing)
- possibilty (possibility)
- practicaly (practically)
- practicioner (practitioner)
- practicioners (practitioners)
- practicly (practically)
- prairy (prairie)
- preample (preamble)
- preceed (precede)
- preceeded (preceded)
- preceeding (preceding)
- preceeds (precedes)
- precurser (precursor)
- prefered (preferred)
- prefering (preferring)
- prepair (prepare)
- prepartion (preparation)
- presense (presence)
- prevelant (prevalent)
- previvous (previous)
- privelege (privilege)
- priveleged (privileged)
- priveleges (privileges)
- privelige (privilege)
- priveliged (privileged)
- priveliges (privileges)
- privilage (privilege)
- priviledge (privelege)
- privledge (privilege)
- probablly (probably)
- probalibity (probability)
- probelm (problem)
- procedger (procedure)
- proceedure (procedure)
- proclomation (proclamation)
- profesion (profusion, profession)
- profesor (professor)
- proffesion (profession)
- proffesor (professor)
- prohabition (prohibition)
- prominant (prominent)
- pronounciation (pronunciation)
- propellor (propeller)
- prophacy (prophecy)
- propoganda (propaganda)
- propotions (proportions)
- protem (pro tem, protein)
- psycology (psychology)
- psyhic (psychic)
- pumkin (pumpkin)
- pursuade (persuade)
- pursuaded (persuaded)
- pursuades (persuades)
- pususading (persuading)
- pwoer (power)
- pyscic (psychic)
- qtuie (quite, quiet)
- quantaty (quantity)
- quizes (quizzes)
- qutie (quite, quiet)
- radify (ratify)
- rarified (rarefied)
- raelly (really)
- reacll (recall)
- realy (really)
- realyl (really)
- reciept (receipt)
- recieve (receive)
- recieved (received)
- recieves (receives)
- recieving (receiving)
- recipiant (recipient)
- recomend (recommend)
- recomended (recommended)
- recomending (recommending)
- recomends (recommends)
- recrod (record)
- rediculous (ridiculous)
- referal (referral)
- refered (referred)
- refering (referring)
- referrence (reference)
- refridgerator (refrigerator)
- regluar (regular)
- reknown (renown)
- reknowned (renowned)
- rela (real)
- relaly (really)
- relativly (relatively)
- releive (relieve)
- religous (religious)
- relized (realised)
- rememberance (remembrance)
- reminent (remnant)
- repatition (repetition, repartition)
- representive (representative)
- resistence (resistance)
- restraunt (restraint, restaurant)
- rewriet (rewrite)
- roomate (roommate)
- russina (Russian)
- rulle (rule)
- rwite (write)
- rythm (rhythm)
- rythem (rhythm)
- sacrafice (sacrifice)
- saftey (safety)
- salery (salary)
- sargant (sergeant)
- sasy (says, sassy)
- schedual (schedule)
- scirpt (script)
- scripot
- seceed (succeed, secede)
- secratary (secretary)
- secretery (secretary)
- seige (siege)
- sensure (censure)
- seperate (separate)
- seperated (separated)
- seperates (separates)
- seperating (separating)
- sepina (subpoena)
- severley
- sherif
- shineing
- shoudl
- shoudln
- sieze (seize, size)
- simpley
- sincerley
- sinse (sines, since)
- smae (same)
- smoe (some)
- snese (sneeze)
- soem (some)
- sohw (show)
- soliders (soldiers)
- sophmore (sophomore)
- sotry (story)
- sotyr (satyr, story)
- soudn
- soudns
- sould (could, should, sold)
- soulds
- soverign
- speach
- sponser
- stilus (stylus)
- stroy
- stoyr
- stopry
- storeis
- storise
- stnad
- stpo
- strat
- startegies (strategies)
- stradegies (strategies)
- startegic (strategic)
- startegy (strategy)
- stradegy (strategy)
- stubborness (stubbornness)
- stucture (structure)
- sucess (success)
- sucessive (successive)
- succesion (succession)
- successfull (successful)
- suceed (succeed)
- suceeded (succeeded)
- suceeding (succeeding
- suceeds (succeeds)
- sucesion (succession)
- sufferage (suffrage)
- sufficent (sufficient)
- sufficently (sufficiently)
- sumary (summary)
- supercede (supersede)
- superintendant (superintendent)
- supose (suppose)
- suposed (supposed)
- suposedly (supposedly)
- suposes (supposes)
- suposing (supposing)
- supress (suppress)
- supressed (suppressed)
- supresses (suppresses)
- supressing (suppressing)
- surley (surly, surely)
- suround (surround)
- surounded (surrounded)
- surounding (surrounding)
- suroundings (surroundings)
- surounds (surrounds)
- suseptible (susceptible)
- swiming (swimming)
- syas (says)
- synonomous (synonymous)
- tahn (than)
- taht (that)
- tath (that)
- talekd (talked)
- tehy (they)
- temperment (temperament)
- temperture (temperature)
- tendancy (tendency)
- thgat (that)
- tghe (the)
- ther (there, the)
- theri (their)
- thge (the)
- thier (their)
- thign (thing)
- thigns (things)
- thigsn (things)
- thikn (think)
- thikns (thinks)
- thikning (thinking, thickening)
- thiunk (think)
- thna (than)
- thne (then
- thnig (thing)
- thnigs (things)
- thrid (third)
- thru (through)
- thsi (this)
- thsoe (those)
- thta (that)
- tiem (time, Tim)
- tihkn (think)
- tihs (this)
- timne (time)
- tiome (time, tome)
- tje (the)
- tjhe (the)
- tkae (take)
- tkaes (takes)
- tkaing (taking)
- tlaking (talking)
- tobbaco (tobacco)
- todya (today)
- tommorrow (tomorrow)
- tommorow (tomorrow)
- tongiht (tonight)
- tornados (tornadoes)
- torpedos (torpedoes)
- towrad (toward)
- trafficed (trafficked)
- trafic (traffic)
- transfered (transferred)
- transfering (transferring)
- tremelo (tremolo)
- tremelos (tremolos)
- truely (truly)
- turnk (turnkey, trunk)
- twon (town)
- tyhat
- tyhe (they)
- tyrany (tyranny)
- tyrrany (tyranny)
- unconcious (unconscious)
- unecessary (unnecessary)
- univesities (universities)
- univesity (university)
- unmistakeably (unmistakably)
- unnecesary (unnecessary)
- untill (until)
- useage (usage)
- usefull (useful)
- useing (using)
- usualy (usually)
- vaccum (vacuum)
- valuble (valuable)
- vegtable (vegetable)
- vegatarian (vegetarian)
- venemous (venomous)
- vengance (vengeance)
- veyr (very)
- vigilence (vigilance)
- villin (villi, villain, villein)
- visable (visible)
- volcanos (volcanoes)
- vrey (very)
- vyer (very)
- vyre (very)
- waht (what)
- wanna (want to)
- warrent (warrant)
- wass (was)
- watn (want)
- weaponary (weaponry)
- wehn (when)
- weild ("wield" or "wild")
- wendsay (Wednesday)
- wensday (Wednesday)
- whcih (which)
- whereever (wherever)
- whic (which)
- whihc (which)
- wholy ("wholly" or "holy")
- whta (what)
- wief (wife)
- wierd (weird)
- wiht (with)
- wintery (wintry)
- wirting (writing)
- withdrawl ("withdrawal" or "withdraw")
- wiull (will)
- wont (wont or won't)
- wnat (want)
- wnats (wants)
- wnated (wanted)
- wohle (whole)
- wokr (work)
- wokring (working)
- woudl (would)
- wriet (write)
- wrok (work)
- wroking (working)
- wroet (wrote)
- ws (was)
- wtih (with)
- Wurtemburg ("Württemberg" or 'Wuerttemberg")
- yeild (yield)
- ytou (you)
- yera (year)
- yeras (years)
- yersa (years)
- yeasr (years)