Commonly Misspelled Words

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1. This word, a synonym for graveyard, has its origins in the Latin word coemétérium and the Greek word koimétrion, meaning "a sleeping place." cemetary cemetery sematary cematery

2. How do you spell the word which has various meanings including "to oblige" and "to provide with a room"? acommodate acomodate accomodate accommodate

3. This word, which means "grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred", is often misspelled due to its association with a more common term. sacriligious sacrelegious sacrilegious sacreligious

4. This word, meaning "steady persistence in a course of action" is often mispronounced, leading to incorrect spellings. perserverance persaverance perseverence perseverance

5. Defined as "to cause confusion and shame to" or "make uncomfortably self-conscious." embarrass embarras embarass embbarass

6. Another commonly misspelled word due to variant pronunciations, this word means "in reduced size or scale". minnature minature miniature miniture

7. Meaning "from time to time" or "now and then", how do you spell this commonly misspelled word? occassionally ocassionally ocasionally occasionally

8. One definition of this word is "to place in a mental institution or hospital" as in "he was _____ to Bellevue due to severe mental illness". commited comited comitted committed

9. Unless you've actually seen this name for the flower native to Mexico, Euphorbia pulcherrima, it can be very difficult to spell. The red variety is commonly seen during Christmas time. pointsetta poinsettia pointsettia pointseta

10. "I am pleased to make your _____." Please spell the word that fills in the blank and which means "a person known to one, but usually not a close friend." acquaitance aquaintance acquaintance acquaintence

11. Please don't get sick or queasy trying to spell this word often synonymous with the first trimester of pregnancy. neauseated neausated nausated nauseated

12. Those of you from Egypt should be able to spell this word used as the title for ancient kings. phaoroh pharoah pharaoh pharoh

13. My grandmother just turned 70 years old, so she qualifies to be called a _______ with regards to her new age. septgenarian septagenarian septuagenarian septagenarien

14. You might call me this word, a synonym for cleverly inventive, for writing such a creative quiz. ingenius ingenious ingenous ingeneous

15. How about a science term for all your meteorologists out there. How do you spell the temperature scale we use in the United States where water freezes at 32 degrees? Farhrenheit Farenheit Fahrenheit Fairenheit