The English language is very tricky, even for people who have been immersed in it from a young age.
But perhaps one of the most difficult things for those fluent in English is learning how to spell. As we get older, some words can still confuse us because of silent letters or sounds.
So we thought we’d do a little test today – select the correct spelling in each of the following questions to test your spelling of the most commonly misspelled words!
1. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) acomodate
b) accomodate
c) acommodate
d) accommodate
2. Which of the following spellings is preferred in British English?
a) acknowledgment
b) acknowledgement
c) acknowlegment
d) acknowlegement
3. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) arguement
b) argument
c) arguemant
d) arguemint
4. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) comitment
b) comitmment
c) commitment
d) comitmant
5. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) consensus
b) concensus
c) consencus
d) consenssus
6. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) deductible
b) deductable
c) deductuble
d) deductabel
7. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) dependant
b) depindant
c) dependent
d) dependunt
8. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) embarras
b) embaras
c) embarass
d) embarrass
9. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) existance
b) existence
c) existanse
d) existanc
10. Which of the following spellings is correct for a page at the beginning of a book?
a) foreward
b) forword
c) forworde
d) foreword
11. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) harass
b) haras
c) harrass
d) herrass
12. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) inadvertant
b) inadvartant
c) inadvartent
d) inadvertent
13. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) indispensabel
b) indispensible
c) indispensable
d) indespensible
14. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) occassion
b) ocassion
c) occasion
d) ocasion
15. Which of the following spellings is correct?
a) prerogative
b) perogative
c) perogitive
d) preragitive