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The following list, of about 350 words, is based on documented lists [4] [10] of the top 100, 200, or 400 [3] most commonly misspelled words in all variants of the English language, rather than listing every conceivable misspelled word. Some words are followed by examples of misspellings:
1.1 With unusual spelling. 1.2 By formation. 1.3 By pronunciation. ... Lists of Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year; Most common words in English; With unusual spelling
The lists of common spelling mistakes linked below are used to correct typographical errors throughout Wikipedia. Each entry lists a typo, followed by the correct spelling in parentheses; clicking on the typo will search for it throughout Wikipedia.
This is a list of British English words that have different American English spellings, for example, colour (British English) and color (American English). Word pairs are listed with the British English version first, in italics, followed by the American English version: spelt, spelled; Derived words often, but not always, follow their root.
In Iceland, 10 years of primary school (Grunnskóli) are compulsory. Primary school teaching in Iceland consists of 10 grade levels. These are: 1st grade: 6–7 years; 2nd grade: 7–8 years; 3rd grade: 8–9 years; 4th grade: 9–10 years; 5th grade: 10–11 years; 6th grade: 11–12 years; 7th grade: 12–13 years; 8th grade: 13–14 years ...
Some American spellings replace ligatured vowels with a single letter; for example, gynæcology or gynaecology is spelled gynecology. The fl and fi ligatures, among others, are still commonly used to render modern text in fine typography.
The Dolch word list is a list of frequently used English words (also known as sight words), compiled by Edward William Dolch, a major proponent of the "whole-word" method of beginning reading instruction. The list was first published in a journal article in 1936 [1] and then published in his book Problems in Reading in 1948. [2]
This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).