The 100 Most Commonly Misspelled Words

This list was compiled over 50 years ago by National Curriculum Associates from the creative writings of 14,643 children. The submissions were checked for spelling errors by city and by grade levels (3-8). The following represents the 100 most commonly misspelled words, arranged in alphabetical order it is interesting that a half century later these same words are still causing problems for writers.

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dropped

looked

their

all right

every

many

then

always

February

money

there

an

first

morning

they

and

for

mother

they're

animals

friend

name

things

another

friends

named

thought

around

frightened

off

threw

asked

from

once

through

babies

getting

our

to

beautiful

going

people

together

because

happening

pretty

too

before

hear

received

tried

believe

heard

running

two

bought

here

said

until

came

him

school

very

caught

interesting

some

wanted

children

its

something

went

clothes

it's

sometimes

were

coming

jumped

started

when

course

knew

stopped

where

cousin

know

surprise

with

decided

let's

swimming

woman

didn't

like

than

would

different

little

that's

you're