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." cematery cemetary cemetery sematary

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

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." embbarass embarass embarrass embarras

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

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

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". committed comitted commited comited

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. poinsettia pointsettia pointsetta 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." acquaintance acquaintence aquaintance acquaitance

11. Please don't get sick or queasy trying to spell this word often synonymous with the first trimester of pregnancy. nausious nauseaous nauseous naustious

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. septagenarian septuagenarian septagenarien septgenarian

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

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? Fahrenheit Fairenheit Farenheit Farhrenheit