FIRSTwiki:List of common misspellings

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This list of common spelling mistakes is used to correct typos throughout FIRSTwiki.

Note that not all occurrences of these will be misspellings: if they are in robot names, for instance, they must be left as the author intended; if they are in transliterations, then they may also be correct. Words may also be correctly spelled for pieces of text in other languages which occasionally appear within an English article yet be incorrect for English text. The guiding rule should be "Include words if they are more likely to be incorrect spellings than correct spellings even if this means that the maintenance page will occasionally show false positives.

Please don't delete a misspelling from this page just because it causes false positives. A better way of getting rid of false positives is to "comment them out". This can be done by changing the initial * symbol on a line into a : symbol. If this is done, it means that it's easy to put potential spelling errors back if you want to rerun a check for them at some future time.

When adding a misspelling, it is a good idea to also add all grammatical variants of the word at the same time.

Note that Americans spell some words differently from other English-speakers. Since Wikipedia accepts all variant spellings you should also see: American and British English differences

The following external site includes English/American and American/English "translations", including spelling variations: http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/dictionary/

See also: Wikipedia:Typo

By the way, the correct spelling is listed in parentheses.

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A

Except where otherwise specified, last checked Jan 22, 2004 to "acclimitization"

aberation (aberration)
abondon (abandon)
abondoned (abandoned)
abondons (abandons)
abondoning (abandoning)
abortificant (abortifacient)
abundancies (abundances)
abutts (abuts) fixed (2 found) Vacuum 02:38, Jan 22, 2004 (UTC)
absense (absence) fixed (2 found) Cyrius 02:38, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
absorbsion (absorption)
absorbtion (absorption)
acadamy (academy) fixed (3 found) Cyrius 02:38, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
acording (according)
accension (accession or ascension)
acceptible (acceptable) fixed (2 found) Cyrius 02:38, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
accessable (accessible) fixed (2 found) Vacuum 02:45, Jan 22, 2004 (UTC)
accidently (accidentally)
accomadate (accommodate)
accomadated (accommodated)
accomadates (accommodates)
accomadation (accommodation)
accomadations (accomodations)
accomadating (accommodating)
accomodate (accommodate) fixed (20 found) Cyrius 02:39, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
accomodated (accommodated)
accomodates (accommodates)
accomodating (accommodating)
accomodation (accommodation)
accomodations (accommodations)
accompanyed (accompanied)
acclimitization (acclimatization)
accross (across) (fixed all 6 that the google cache could find Niteowlneils 00:46, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC))
accussed (accused)
acheive (achieve) (fixed the 3 in the google cache. Niteowlneils 01:37, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC))
acheived (achieved)
acheivement (achievement)
acheivements (achievements)
acheives (achieves)
acheiving (achieving)
acheivment (achievement)
acheivments (achievements)
achievment (achievement) Chris Roy
achievments (achievements)
achive (achieve, archive)
achived (achieved, archived)
ackward (awkward, backward)
acomplish (accomplish)
acomplished (accomplished)
acomplishment (accomplishment)
acomplishments (accomplishments)
acquaintence (acquaintance)
acquaintences (acquaintances)
acquiantence (acquaintance)
acquiantences (acquaintances)
acquited (acquitted)
actualy (actually)
acuracy (accuracy)
acustom (accustom)
acustommed (accustomed)
adaption (adaptation)
adaptions (adaptations)
additinally (additionally)
addmission (admission)
addopt (adopt)
addopted (adopted)
addoptive (adoptive)
adecuate (adequate)
adhearing (adhering)
admendment (amendment)
adminstrate (administrate)
adminstration (administration)
adminstrative (administrative)
admissable (admissible)
admissability (admissibility)
adolecent (adolescent)
adquire (acquire) - none found Muriel 11:36, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
adquired (acquired)
adquires (acquires)
adquiring (acquiring)
adres (address)
adress (address)
adressable (addressable)
adresable (addressable)
addres (address, adders)
addresable (addressable)
addresing (addressing)
adresing (addressing)
adressing (addressing, dressing)
advertisment (advertisement)
advertisments (advertisements)
adviced ("advised" or "advice"--are we looking for a noun or verb?)
aeriel (aerial)
aeriels (aerials)
afficionado (aficionado)
afficionados (aficionados)
affort (afford, effort)
aggreement (agreement)
agian (again)
agina ("again" or "angina" or "vagina")
agravate (aggravate)

agre (agree) (except Peter Agre)

agred (agreed)
agreing (agreeing)
agregate (aggregate)
agregates (aggregates)
agression (aggression)
agressive (aggressive)
agressively (aggressively)

agriculturalist (agriculturist--dictionary.com and m-w.com have both -- Wmahan .)

agriculturalists (agriculturists--dictionary.com and m-w.com have both -- Wmahan .)

androgenous (androgynous--actually both are valid, and they have distinct meanings)

androgeny (androgyny)
anihilation (annihilation)
annoint (anoint)
annointed (anointed)
annointing (anointing)
annoints (anoints)
annuled (annulled)
anomolies (anomalies)
anomolous (anomalous)
anomoly (anomaly)
anonimity (anonymity)
anounced (announced)
ansalisation (nasalisation)
ansalization (nasalization)
anthromorphization (anthropomorphization)

anual ("annual" or "anal" - except "Anual" is a proper noun)

anyhwere (anywhere) - none found Muriel 11:36, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
anytying (anything)
Apenines (Apennines)
aparent (apparent)
aplication (application)
apolegetics (apologetics)
apon (upon, apron)
apparant (apparent)
appart (apart)
appartment (apartment)
appartments (apartments)
appealling ("appealing" or "appalling")
appearence (appearance)
appearences (appearances)
Appenines (Apennines)
apperance (appearance)
apperances (appearances)
appologies (apologies)
appology (apology)
apprieciate (appreciate)
approachs (approaches)
appropiate (appropriate)
approximitely (approximately)
aproximately (approximately)
aquaintance (acquaintance)
aquainted (acquainted)
aquiantance (acquaintance)
aquire (acquire)
aquired (acquired)
aquiring (acquiring)
aquisition (acquisition)
aquitted (acquitted)
arangement (arrangement)
arbitary (arbitrary)
arbitarily (arbitrarily)
archaoelogy (archeology, archaeology)
archaology (archeology, archaeology)
archeaologist (archeologist, archaeologist)
archeaologists (archeologists, archaeologists)
archetect (architect)
archetects (architects)
archetecture (architecture)
archetectural (architectural)
archetecturally (architecturally)
Archimedian (Archimedean)
archtype (archetype)
archtypes (archetypes)
artical (article)
articel (article)
artifical (artificial)
artifically (artificially)
artillary (artillery)
asetic (ascetic)
aslo (also)
asociated (associated)
asorbed (absorbed)
assasin (assassin - one S appears to be correct in Swedish crosslink) - fixed all found CharlieZeb 01:38, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
assasinate (assassinate) - fixed all found CharlieZeb 01:38, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
assasinated (assassinated) - fixed all found CharlieZeb 01:38, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
assasinates (assassinates)
assasination (assassination) - fixed all found CharlieZeb 01:38, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
assasinations (assassinations)
assasins (assassins)
assemple (assemble)
assitant (assistant)
assocation (association)
assymetric (asymmetric)
asteriod (asteroid)
asthetic (aesthetic)
asthetical (aesthetical)
asthetically (aesthetically)
atheistical (atheistic)
Athenean (Athenian)
Atheneans (Athenians)
atribute (attribute)
atributes (attributes)
attaindre (attainder, attained)
attemt (attempt)
attemted (attempted)
attemting (attempting)
attemts (attempts)
attendence (attendance) - 2 found, fixed CharlieZeb 01:58, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
attendent (attendant) - none found CharlieZeb 01:59, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
attendents (attendants) - none found CharlieZeb 01:59, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
attitide (attitude)
audeince (audience)
authobiographic (autobiographic)
authobiography (autobiography)
authorative (authoritative) (11 found, fixing) Harris7 06:02, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC) (fixed another 6 Niteowlneils 17:17, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC))
authoritive (authoritative) (1 found, fixed) Harris7 06:02, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)
autoctonous (autochthonous)
autor (author - but Autor in German)
auxilliary (auxiliary)
avalable (available) - 1 found, fixed CharlieZeb 02:04, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
avaliable (available) - 5 found, fixed CharlieZeb 02:11, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
avation (aviation)
averageed (averaged)
awya (away)

B

buffalos (buffaloes -- both are valid Wmahan .)

buisness (business)
buring ("burying" or "burning" or "burin" or "during")
busineses (business, businesses)
busness (business)

C

calender (calendar, NB calender itself is a machine)
caligraphy (calligraphy)
caluclate (calculate)
caluclated (calculated)
caluculate (calculate)
caluculated (calculated)
calulate (calculate)
calulated (calculated)
Cambrige (Cambridge)
campain (campaign)
campains (campaigns)
candadate (candidate)
cannister (canister)
cannisters (canisters)
cannonical (canonical)
cannotation (connotation) - none found Muriel 11:42, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
cannotations (connotations) - none found Muriel 11:42, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
cant (cant or can't)
caost (coast)
caperbility (capability)
Capetown (Cape Town)
carachter (character)

carcas (carcass, Caracas)

cipher (cypher, cipher)

ciricuit (circuit)
civillian (civilian) - Chris Roy
claer (clear)
claerer (clearer)
claerly (clearly)
claimes (claims (sb. or vb.))
clera (clear, sclera)
cleareance (clearance)
clincial (clinical)
clinicaly (clinically)
coform (conform)
colateral (collateral)

collectable (collectible - OED has able as correct)

collectables (collectibles - OED has able as correct)

collegue (colleague)
collegues (colleagues)
collonade (colonnade)
collonies (colonies)
collony (colony)
collosal (colossal)

colouration (coloration)

conveyer (conveyor - no, both are valid -- Wmahan .)

convienient (convenient)
coordiantion (coordination)
coorperation (cooperation)
coorperation (corporation)
copywrite (copyright - nb copywrite is valid for proofread)
corosion (corrosion)
corparate (corporate)
correponding (corresponding)
correposding (corresponding)
correspondant (correspondent)
correspondants (correspondents)
corrispond (correspond)
corrispondant (correspondent)
corrispondants (correspondents)
corrisponding (corresponding)
corrisponded (corresponded)
corrisponds (corresponds)
costitution (constitution)
coudl (could, cloud)
could of (could have)
councellor (councillor or counselor)
councellors (councillors or counselors)
countains (contains)
coururier (courier, couturier)
coverted (converted, covered, coveted)
cpoy (coy, copy)
creaeted (created)
critereon (criterion)
criticists (critics)
critising (criticising, criticizing)
critisism (criticism)
critisisms (criticisms)
critisize (criticise, criticize)
critisized (criticised, criticized)
critisizes (criticises, criticizes)
critisizing (criticising, criticizing)
crucifiction (crucifixion)
crusies (cruises)
culiminating (culminating)
cumulatative (cumulative)
curch (church)
currenly (currently)
cxan (cyan)

cypher (cipher, cypher)

Cyprian (Cypriot (but Cyprian as a personal name))

D

dael (deal, dial, dahl)
dalmation (dalmatian)
damenor (demeanor)
Dardenelles (Dardanelles)
debateable (debatable)
decendant (descendant)
decendants (descendants)
decendent (descendant)
decendents (descendants)
decideable (decidable)
decidely (decidedly)
decieved (deceived)
decomposit (decompose)
decomposits (decomposes)
decompositing (decomposing)
decomposited (decomposed)
decribe (describe)
decribed (described)
decribes (describes)
decribing (describing)

decypher (decipher)

decyphered (deciphered)

donig (doing)

donut (variant of doughnut)

doub (doubt, daub)
dramtic (dramatic)
draughtman (draughtsman)
Dravadian (Dravidian)
dreasm (dreams)
driectly (directly)
drnik (drink)
druming (drumming)
dukeship (dukedom)
durring (during)
dyas (dryas, dias)

E

enamoured (enamoured, enamored)

encryptiion (encryption)

encypher (encipher)

F

G

gae (game, Gael, gale)
Galations (Galatians)
garantee (guarantee)
garanteed (guaranteed)

gasses (gases--but both are valid according to dictionary.com)

grammer (grammar, except Kelsey Grammer)

grat (great)

gratuitious (gratuitous)
greatful (grateful)
greatfully (gratefully)
greif (grief)
gropu (group)
groupsex (group sex)
grwo (grow)
Guadulupe,Guaduloupe (Guadalupe, Guadaloupe -- both exist)
guage (gauge) - 4 found, fixed CharlieZeb 02:28, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
guarentee (guarantee)
guarenteed (guaranteed)
guarentees (guarantees)
Guatamala (Guatemala)
Guatamalan (Guatemalan)
guerrila (guerilla, guerrilla -- both are correct)
guerrilas (guerillas, guerrillas -- both are correct)
guidence (guidance)
Guilia (Giulia)
Guilio (Giulio)

guillemet (guillemot - a bird)

guillemot (guillemet - French quotation mark)

Guiness (Guinness)
Guiseppe (Giuseppe)
gunanine (guanine)
guranteed (guaranteed)
guttaral (guttural)
gutteral (guttural)

H

heros (heroes)

heterogenous (heterogeneous is more correct, but both are acceptable)
hieght (height)
hierachical (hierarchical)
hierachies (hierarchies)
hierachy (hierarchy)
hierarcical (hierarchical)
hierarcy (hierarchy)
hieroglph (hieroglyph)
hieroglphs (hieroglyphs)
higer (higher)
higest (highest)
hinderence (hindrance)
hindrence (hindrance)
helpfull (helpful)
hipopotamus (hippopotamus)
hismelf (himself)
histocompatability (histocompatibility)
homogeneize (homogenize)
homogeneized (homogenized)
honory (honorary)
horrifing (horrifying)
housr (hours, house)
howver (however)

hten (then, hen, the)
htere (there, here)
htey (they)
hting (thing)
htikn (think)
htink (think)
htis (this)
humer (humour)
humerous (humorous, humourous, humerus)
humoural (humoral)

humourous (This is not incorrect, just an alternative to humourous)

hvae (have)
hvea (have, heave)
hvaing (having)
hwihc (which)
hwile (while)
hwole (whole)
hydropile (hydrophile)
hydropilic (hydrophilic)
hydropobe (hydrophobe)
hydropobic (hydrophobic)
hygeine (hygiene)
hypocracy (hypocrisy)
hypocrasy (hypocrisy)
hypocricy (hypocrisy)
hypocrit (hypocrite)
hypocrits (hypocrites)

I

iconclastic (iconoclastic)

idae (idea)

idaes (ideas)
idealogies (ideologies)
idealogy (ideology)
identicial (identical)
ideosyncratic (idiosyncratic)
idesa (ideas, ides)
Ihaca (Ithaca)
illegimacy (illegitimacy)
illegitmate (illegitimate)
illution (illusion)
ilogical (illogical)
imagenary (imaginary)
imagin (imagine)
imaginery (imaginary, imagery)
imanent (eminent, imminent)
imediately (immediately)
imense (immense)
immidately (immediately)
immidiately (immediately)
imigrant (emigrant, immigrant)
imigrated (emigrated, immigrated)
imigration (emigration, immigration)
iminent (eminent, imminent, or immanent, depending on meaning)
immediatley (immediately)
immitate (imitate)
immitated (imitated)
immitating (imitating)
immitator (imitator)
immunosupressant (immunosuppressant)
impedence (impedance)
improvision (improvisation)
inaccessable (inaccessible)
inappropiate (inappropriate)
inaugures (inaugurates)
inbalance (imbalance)
inbalanced (imbalanced)
incidently (incidentally)
incompatiblity (incompatibility)
incompetance (incompetence)
incompetant (incompetent)
incorperation (incorporation)
incorruptable (incorruptible)
increadible (incredible)
incredable (incredible)
inctroduced (introduced)
inctroduce (introduce)
incuding (including)
incunabla (incunabula)
indefinately (indefinitely)
indefinitly (indefinitely)
indepedantly (independently)
independance (independence, but -ance is correct in French, so be careful with New Caledonia)
independant (independent)
independantly (independently)
independece (independence)
indipendent (independent)
indipendently (independently)
indispensible (indispensable)
indisputibly (indisputably)
indisputible (indisputable)
indite (indict)
indpendently (independently)
indpendent (independent)
indulgue (indulge)
indutrial (industrial)
inevatible (inevitable)
inevitible (inevitable)
infectuous (infectious)
infilitrate (infiltrate)
infilitrated (infiltrated)
infinit (infinite)
infomation (information)
inflamation (inflammation)
influencial (influential)
influented (influenced)
ingreediants (ingredients)
inheritage (heritage or inheritance)
initation (initiation)
inmigrant (immigrant)
inmigrants (immigrants)
inocence (innocence)
inot (into)
inpeach (impeach)
inpolite (impolite)
inprisonment (imprisonment)
insistance (insistence)
insitution (institution)
insitutions (institutions)
inspite (in spite or inspire)
instade (instead)
instatance (instance)
intelectual (intellectual)
inteligence (intelligence)
inteligent (intelligent)
interbread (interbreed or interbred)
intered (interred or interned) (fixed 10 from google cache Niteowlneils 15:23, 1 May 2004 (UTC))
interchangable (interchangeable)
interchangably (interchangeably)
interelated (interrelated)
interferance (interference)
intergrated (integrated)
intergration (integration)
internation (international)
interpet (interpret)
interrugum (interregnum)
intertaining (entertaining)
interupt (interrupt)
intial (initial)
intially (initially)
intrest (interest)
intutive (intuitive)
intutively (intuitively)
inumerable (enumerable, innumerable)
inventer (inventor)
invertibrates (invertebrates)
involvment (involvement)
irelevent (irrelevant)
iresistable (irresistible)
iresistably (irresistibly)
iresistible (irresistible)
iresistibly (irresistibly)
iritable (irritable)
iritated (irritated)
ironicly (ironically)
irregardless (regardless)
irresistable (irresistible)
irresistably (irresistibly)
isnt (isn't)
Israelies (Israelis)
iwll (will)
iwth (with)

J

Japanes (Japanese)
Jaques (Jacques - except in Shakespeare)
jeapardy (jeopardy)
Johanine (Johannine)
Jospeh (Joseph)
journies (journeys)
jstu (just)
jsut (just)
Juadaism (Judaism)
Juadism (Judaism)
judical (judicial)
judisuary (judiciary)

K

kindergarden (kindergarten)
km2 (km²)
knowlege (knowledge) 1 corrected Muriel 11:42, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
knowlegeable (knowledgeable) - none found Muriel 11:42, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
konw (know)
konws (knows)
knive (knife) fixed (1 found, except talk pages) chris_73 07:34, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)
knifes (knives) fixed (2 found, except talk pages) chris_73 07:34, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)
knwo (know)
knwos (knows)
kwno (know)

L

labatory (lavatory)
labled (labelled or labeled)
labratory (laboratory)
laguage (language)
laguages (languages)
lavae (larvae)
layed (laid) - 10 found Muriel 11:42, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
leaded (led -- except in certain technical senses)
leanr (lean, learn, leaner)
legitamate (legitimate)
Leibnitz (Leibniz (philosopher))
lenght (length)

leran (learn)

lerans (learns)
leutenant (lieutenant)
levetate (levitate)
levetated (levitated)
levetates (levitates)
levetating (levitating)
levle (level)
liason (liaison, Mara Liasson)
libary (library)
libguistic (linguistic)
libguistics (linguistics)
libell (libel)
lible (libel, liable)
licenced (licensed)
licencing (licensing)

lief (life, leaf)

lieing (lying)
liek (like)
liekd (liked)
liesure (leisure)
lightyear (light year)
lightyears (light years)
Likabitos ((Mt.) Lykabettos)
likelyhood (likelihood)
Linnaena (Linnaean)
Lippizaner (Lipizzaner)
liquify (liquefy)
lisence (licence or license)
lisense (licence or license)
litature (literature)
literture (literature)

littel (little)

liuke (like)
livley (lively)
loev (love)
lonelyness (loneliness)
lonley (lonely)
lonly (lonely, only)

loosing (often losing, but "loosing" is sometimes intended)

Los Angles (Los Angeles)
Lotharingen (Lothringen)
lsat (last)

Lukid (Likud)
lveo (love)
lvoe (love)
Lybia (Libya)

M

magolia (magnolia)
maintainance (maintenance)
maintainence (maintenance)
maintance (maintenance)
maintenence (maintenance)
maintioned (mentioned)
maked (marked, made)
makse (makes)
Malcom (Malcolm - but "Malcom" may be right in some cases)
maltesian (Maltese)
mamal (mammal)
mamalian (mammalian)
managment (management)
manoeuverability (maneuverability, manoeuvrability)
manouver (maneuver, manoeuvre)
manouvers (maneuvers, manoeuvres)
manouverability (maneuverability, manoeuvrability)
manouverable (maneuverable, manoeuvrable)
manuever (maneuver, manoeuvre)
manuevers (maneuvers, manoeuvres)
manufature (manufacture) - none found Muriel 11:42, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
manufatured (manufactured) - none found Muriel 11:42, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
manufaturing (manufacturing)
marjority (majority)
marketting (marketing)
marraige (marriage)
marrage (marriage)
marryied (married)
Massachussets (Massachusetts)
Massachussetts (Massachusetts)
massmedia (mass media)
mathamatics (mathematics)
matheticians (mathematicians)
mathmatician (mathematician)
mathmaticians (mathematicians)
mear (wear, mere, mare)
medacine (medicine)
medeival (medieval, mediaeval)
mediciney (mediciny)
Mediteranean (Mediterranean)

N

Napoleonian (Napoleonic)
naturaly (naturally)
naturely (naturally)
naturually (naturally)
naturual (natural)
Nazereth (Nazareth)
neccessary (necessary) fixed (1 found except talk pages) chris_73 07:43, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)
neccessarily (necessarily)
neccesary (necessary)
neccesarily (necessarily) fixed (1 found except talk pages) chris_73 07:45, 11 Mar 2004 (UTC)
necesary (necessary)
necesarily (necessarily)
neglible (negligible)
negligable (negligible)
negociate (negotiate)
negociation (negotiation)
negotation (negotiation)
neice (niece, nice)
neigbour (neighbour or neighbor)
neigbouring (neighbouring or neighboring)
neigbours (neighbours or neighbors)
nessasarily (necessarily)
Newyorker (New Yorker)
nickle (nickel)
nineth (ninth) - 1 found Muriel 11:42, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
ninteenth (nineteenth)
ninty (ninety)
nkow (know)
nkwo (know)
noone (no one, except in Noone, New Hampshire and Jimmie Noone)
northen (northern)
northereastern (northeastern)
noteable (notable)
noteably (notably)
noteriety (notoriety)
noth (north)
nothern (northern)
noticable (noticeable)
noticeing (noticing)
noticible (noticeable)
noveau (nouveau)
nto (not)
nucular (nuclear)
nuculear (nuclear)
nuisanse (nuisance)
Nullabour (Nullarbor)
Nuremburg (Nuremberg)
nusance (nuisance)
nutritent (nutrient)
nutritents (nutrients)

O

P

planed (planned; but valid if it means "made flat")

predominately (predominantly--but both are valid)

Q

qtuie (quite, quiet)
quantaty (quantity)
quantitiy (quantity)
quarantaine (quarantine)
quicklyu (quickly)
quizes (quizzes)
qutie (quite, quiet)

R

S

sacrafice (sacrifice)
saftey (safety)
safty (safety) (fixed one from google cache Niteowlneils 04:14, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC))
salery (salary)
sandwhich (sandwich)
Sanhedrim (Sanhedrin)

sargant (sergeant)

speach (speech - unless Bernadette Speach)

specif (specific, specify)
speciallized (specialised, specialized)
speciman (specimen)
spectauclar (spectacular)
spects (aspects, expects)
spermatozoan (spermatozoon (sing.), spermatozoa (plur.))
sponser (sponsor)
spontanous (spontaneous)
sponzored (sponsored)
spreaded (spread)
sq km (km²)
stange (strange - unless it's a German bar)
startegic (strategic)
startegy (strategy)
statment (statement)
stilus (stylus)
stingent (stringent)
stoyr (story)
stopry
storeis (stories)
storise (stories)

strnad (strand - unless the first name is Janez)

stpo (stop)

strat (start, strata - a Fender Stratocaster guitar is often called "strat")

T

U

ubiquitious (ubiquitous)
uise (use)
Ukranian (Ukrainian)
uncertainity (uncertainty)
unconcious (unconscious)
unconciousness (unconsciousness)
unconvential (unconventional)
unecessary (unnecessary)
undecideable (undecidable)
unforetunately (unfortunately)
unforgiveable (unforgivable)
unfortunatly (unfortunately)
unilatreal (unilateral)
unilatreally (unilaterally)
univeristies (universities)
univeristy (university)
univesities (universities)
univesity (university)
unmanouverable (unmaneuverable, unmanoeuvrable)
unmistakeably (unmistakably)
unneccesary (unnecessary)
unneccesarily (unnecessarily)
unneccessary (unnecessary)
unneccessarily (unnecessarily)
unnecesary (unnecessary)
unnecesarily (unnecessarily)
unoticeable (unnoticeable)
unplesant (unpleasant)
unrepentent (unrepentant)
unsed (used, unused, unsaid)
unsubstanciated (unsubstantiated)
unsuccessfull (unsuccessful)
unsucesful (unsuccessful)
unsucesfuly (unsuccessfully)
unsucessfull (unsuccessful)
unsucessfully (unsuccessfully)
unsuprised (unsurprised)
unsuprising (unsurprising)
unsuprisingly (unsurprisingly)
unsuprized (unsurprised)
unsuprizing (unsurprising)
unsuprizingly (unsurprisingly)
unsurprized (unsurprised)
unsurprizing (unsurprising)
unsurprizingly (unsurprisingly)

untied (OK for knots, or meaning "not tied", but is also a common typo for "united")

untill (until)
untranslateable (untranslatable)
unuseable (unusable)
unweildly (unwieldy)
unwieldly (unwieldy)
usally (usually)
useable (usable)
useage (usage, use)
usefull (useful)
usefuly (usefully)
useing (using)
usualy (usually)

V

vaccum (vacuum)
vaccume (vacuum)
vacinity (vicinity)
Valetta (Valletta (in Malta))
valuble (valuable)
valueable (valuable)
varient (variant)
varities (varieties)
varity (variety)
vasall (vassal)
vasalls (vassals)
vegtable (vegetable)
vegatarian (vegetarian)
vegitable (vegetable)
vegitables (vegetables)
venemous (venomous)
vengance (vengeance)
verfication (verification)
vetween (between)
veyr (very)
vigeur (vigueur, vigour, vigor)
vigilence (vigilance)
vigourous (vigorous)
villian (villain)
villify (vilify)
villin (villi, villain, villein)
visable (visible)
visably (visibly)
visting (visiting)
volcanoe (volcano)

volcanos (volcanoes--both are acceptable Wmahan .)

volontary (voluntary)
volonteer (volunteer)
volonteers (volunteers)
volonteered (volunteered)
volonteering (volunteering)
volounteer (volunteer)
volounteers (volunteers)
volounteered (volunteered)
volounteering (volunteering)
vrey (very)
vyer (very)
vyre (very)

W

waht (what)
wanna (want to)
warrent (warrant)
wasnt (wasn't)
wass (was)
watn (want)
weaponary (weaponry)
wehn (when)
weild ("wield" or "wild")
weilded (wielded)
wendsay (Wednesday)
wensday (Wednesday) - none found Muriel 11:42, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
wether (weather, whether - unless it's a sheep)
whcih (which)
whereever (wherever)
whic (which)
whihc (which)
wholy ("wholly" or "holy")
whta (what)
wich (which, witch)
wief (wife)
wierd (weird)
wiht (with)
wintery (wintry)
wirting (writing)
withdrawl (withdrawal, withdraw)
withing (within)
wiull (will)

wont (wont or won't)

wnat (want) - none found Muriel 11:42, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
wnats (wants) - none found Muriel 11:42, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
wnated (wanted)
wohle (whole) - none found Muriel 11:42, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
wokr (work)
wokring (working)
womens (women's) - 7 found Muriel 11:42, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
worstened (worsened)
woudl (would)
wriet (write)
writen (written)
wrok (work)
wroking (working)
wroet (wrote)

ws (was) but valid as country code WS +

wtih (with)
witht (with)
wupport
Wurtemburg (Württemberg)
Wurttemburg (Württemberg)

X

Y

yatch (yacht)
yeild (yield)
ytou (you)
yera (year)
yeras (years)
yersa (years)
yeasr (years)
Yementite (Yemenite, Yemeni)

Z

Other

In addition to these words, many words which are spelled correctly are confused with another word which sounds the same or is spelled similarly. For example:

here and hear
it's and its
then and than
there, their, and they're
to, two, and too
were, where, and we're

Repeated words

It is easy to to accidentally type a word twice and not notice it, particularly if the the word is a short "invisible" one. Common such typos include:

the the - 187 found, sjorford 16:09, 23 May 2004 (UTC) (note that there is a band called The The)
and and
is is
of of

Watch out for "had had" which can often be correct, and places where a word appears twice separated by a punctuation mark.

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