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html The 25 Most Commonly Misspelled Words Presented by the Business Writing Center, training business writers since 1985 The Center offers other free online tests at this link: Online Tests, The 25 Most Commonly Misspelled Words is a list that has circulated among Americ an businesses for decades. Two words have variant spellings for companies using British English spelling. Those two words are repeated at the end of the list of 25 words asking for the British spellings. Business writers can avoid the problem of having supervisors, colleagues, and ed itors mark words as being misspelled by using the spellings preferred in their c ountries. Two ers ing oid words also have variants that appear in dictionaries. However, business writ have clear preferences for one of the spellings and expect to see that spell in business documents. We want you to know the preferred spellings so you av criticism.

Select the correct or preferred spelling in each of the following questions to t est your spelling of the most commonly misspelled words.

1. Which of the following spellings is correct? a) acomodate b) accomodate c) acommodate d) accommodate e) Don't Know

2. Which of the following spellings is preferred in American English? a) acknowledgment b) acknowledgement c) acknowlegment d) acknowlegement e) Don't Know

3. Which of the following spellings is correct? a) arguement b) argument c) arguemant d) arguemint e) Don't Know

4. Which of the following spellings is correct? a) comitment b) comitmment c) commitment d) comitmant

e) Don't Know

5. Which of the following spellings is correct? a) consensus b) concensus c) consencus d) consenssus e) Don't Know

6. Which of the following spellings is correct? a) deductible b) deductable c) deductuble d) deductabel e) Don't Know

7. Which of the following spellings is always preferred in American English and preferred as an adjective in British English? ("He has insulin-__________ diabet es.") a) dependant b) depindant c) dependent d) dependunt e) Don't Know

8. Which of the following spellings is correct? a) embarras b) embaras c) embarass d) embarrass e) Don't Know

9. Which of the following spellings is correct? a) existance b) existence c) existanse d) existanc e) Don't Know

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 e) Don't Know

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Which of the following spellings is correct? harass haras harrass herrass Don't Know

12. a) b) c) d) e)

Which of the following spellings is correct? inadvertant inadvartant inadvartent inadvertent Don't Know

13. a) b) c) d) e)

Which of the following spellings is correct? indispensabel indispensible indispensable indespensible Don't Know

14. a) b) c) d) e)

Which of the following spellings is preferred in American English? judgement judgment judgemant judgmant Don't Know

15. a) b) c) d) e)

Which of the following spellings is correct? liason liasson liasone liaison Don't Know

16. a) b) c) d) e)

Which of the following spellings is correct? license lisense licens lisence Don't Know

17. a) b) c) d)

Which of the following spellings is correct? occassion ocassion occasion ocasion

e) Don't Know

18. a) b) c) d) e)

Which of the following spellings is correct? occurrence ocurrance occurrance occurance Don't Know

19. a) b) c) d) e)

Which of the following spellings is correct? perserverance persaverence perserverence perseverance Don't Know

20. a) b) c) d) e)

Which of the following spellings is correct? prerogative perogative perogitive preragitive Don't Know

21. a) b) c) d) e)

Which of the following spellings is correct? privelege privilege privlege privelige Don't Know

22. a) b) c) d) e)

Which of the following spellings is correct? procede proceede proced proceed Don't Know

23. a) b) c) d) e)

Which of the following spellings is correct? seperate separete separate seperat Don't Know

24. Which of the following spellings is PREFERRED? a) supersede

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supercede superceed suparseed Don't Know

25. a) b) c) d) e)

Which of the following spellings is correct? withhold withhuld withold withhald Don't Know

26. a) b) c) d) e)

Which of the following spellings is preferred in British English? acknowledgment acknowledgement acknowlegment acknowlegement Don't Know

27. Which of the following spellings is preferred in British English other than in legal documents? a) judgement b) judgment c) judgemant d) judgmant e) Don't Know