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CORRECT SPELLINGS OF WORD

acceptable - Several words made the list because of the suffix pronounced -bl but

sometimes spelled -ible, sometimes -able. Just remember to accept any table offered to you

and you will spell this word OK. accidentally- It is no accident that the test for adverbs on -ly is whether they come from an

adjective on -al ("accidental" in this case). If so, the -al has to be in the spelling. No

publical, thenpublicly.

accommodate - Remember, this word is large enough to accommodate both a double "c"AND a double "m."

acquire- Try to acquire the knowledge that this word and the next began with the prefix ad-but the [d] converts to [c] before [q].

acquit- See the previous discussion. a lot - Two words! Hopefully, you won't have to allot a lot of time to this problem. amateur - Amateurs need not be mature: this word ends on the French suffix -eur (the

equivalent of English -er). apparent- A parent need not be apparent but "apparent" must pay the rent, so remember this

word always has the rent.

argument- Let's not argue about the loss of this verb's silent [e] before the suffix -ment. atheist- Lord help you remember that this word comprises the prefix a- "not" + the "god"

(also in the-ology) + -ist "one who believes."

accelerate- One [c] makes the /k/ sound while the other [c] makes the /s/ sound. Then, youwant to say the word fast, so dont waste time on any extra [l]s. And finally, there are two

[e]s in the middle of the word, just like in the word speed.

accomplish - Any college basketball fans out there? If so, youll be well aware of theaccomplishments of ACC teams, UNC, Duke and UVA.

accumulate - Accumulate wanted to accumulate a few more [c]s, but the LetterRationing Authorities said two was plenty.

acknowledge - Most verbs that start with ac- refer to something being gained.Accelerate means to gain speed, accomplish means to gain status or achieve a goal,

and acknowledge means to gain knowledge (see knowledge below).

acquaintance - Its time to getacquainted with the word acquaint. It comes from theLatin word, accognoscere, which is a combination ofad(to) and cognoscere(come to

know).

acquire- Again with the ac-, this one just means to gain, well, anything. across- If youre talking about an ancient Roman means of capital punishment, you mean

a cross, but if you mean on the other side of a defined space, then its just one word,across.

aficionado- This word comes from the Spanish verb, aficioner, which means to becomefond of. It was originally applied to bullfighting fans.

anoint- When you rub or smear something, especially oil in connection with a religiousceremony, thats anointing. You can remember that it only has one [n] by thinking that

you might rub an ointment onto your body.

apology- Appall has two [p]s and two [l]s, but if you put two of each into apology,people will be appalled, and youll need to apologize.

axle - An axle is a rod on which two wheels spin. An axel is a jump done by a figureskater. And Axl was the lead singer of Guns-N-Roses.

accordion - The accordion is portable, so you can play it while riding in your HondaAccord.

believe- You must believe that [i] usually comes before [e] except after [c] or when it ispronounced like "a" as "neighbor" and "weigh" or "e" as in "their" and "heir." Also take a

look at "foreign" below. (The "i-before-e" rule has more exceptions than words it applies

to.)

bellwether- Often misspelled "bellweather." A wether is a gelded ram, chosen to lead theherd (thus his bell) due to the greater likelihood that he will remain at all times ahead of

the ewes.

barbecue- You go out, eat some pulled pork and play some pool, but you have to get thegear from the bartender, so behind the bar, therell be a cue, a rack and some balls.
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beginning- Well if it only had one [n], then the [i] would have to say its own name, andthen wed be saying be guy ning, which is just silly.

broccoli- Better than E. coli any day, even if you hate vegetables. business- The bus driver conducts his business all day long. Get it? Conducts? Business?

Get it?

calendar- This word has an [e] between two [a]s. The last vowel is [a]. category- This word is not in a category with "catastrophe" even if it sounds like it: the

middle letter is [e].

cemetery - Don't let this one bury you: it ends on -ery nary an -ary in it. You alreadyknow it starts on [c], of course.

changeable- The verb "change" keeps its [e] here to indicate that the [g] is soft, not hard.(That is also why "judgement" is the correct spelling of this word, no matter what anyonesays.)

collectible- Another -ible word. You just have to remember. column - Silent final [e] is commonplace in English but a silent final [n] is not

uncommon, especially after [m]. committed- If you are committed to correct spelling, you will remember that this word

doubles its final [t] from "commit" to "committed." conscience- Don't let misspelling this word weigh on your conscience: [ch] spelled "sc"

is unusual but legitimate.

conscientious- Work on your spelling conscientiously and remember this word with [ch]spelled two different ways: "sc" and "ti."English spelling!

conscious- Try to be conscious of the "sc" [ch] sound and all the vowels in this word'sending and i-o-u a note of congratulations.

consensus- The census does not require a consensus, since they are not related. camouflage- This is what we get for stealing words from Frenchextra letters and [g]s

that make a soft /j/ sound.

candidate - Candi has a date. She might even marry him one day. Hes handsome,intelligent, gentlemanly and funny, and he can bench press 300 pounds a strongcandidate indeed.

cantaloupe - Originally from Armenia, the cantaloupe gets its English name fromCantaluppi, the Italian town where it was first grown in Europe in the late 18th century.

carburetor- This word uses all the vowels once, except for [i]. You can save that one forwhen you say, Idont know what in the world a carburetor does.

Caribbean - What? Youve never heard of the California Rib Bean? Why, its only thebest bean on earth. Dont let the name fool you, though. The CA Rib Bean can only befound on a remote island about half-way between Cuba and the northern coast of

Honduras. (*Note: There is no such thing as a CA Rib Bean, but that imaginary island

would be located in the Caribbean.)

cartilage- Many believe that elderly people should only drive a car til age 75 or so, butwith plastic surgery and the ground-breaking technology employed by Oil of Olay, how

are we truly to know a persons age? Check out their cartilage. Like rings inside a tree

trunk, itll give them away every time. (*Note: This is yet another fabrication.)

chauvinism - Although chauvinism, as it is commonly used, has more or less becomesynonymous with misogyny, its true definition is much broader. It has to do with

aggressive patriotism and is named after an extreme patriot from Napoleons army,Nicolas Chauvin. (*This ones really true.)

chili- A chili is a hot pepper, chilly means cold, and Chile is a long, skinny country inSouth America.

chocolaty- Drop the [e] to make room for the Mmmmmm. coliseum- The giant one in Rome is the Colosseum, but anywhere else, its a coliseum. If

youre in one, and youve forgotten your binoculars, you might look down on a

basketball court and say, I see...um... That will help you remember to spell it with an [i]instead of an [o] and only one [s] instead of two with a u-m at the end.

colonel- Pronounced just like kernel, as in a kernel of corn, this spelling doesnt makeany sense at all. The problem is that the word has been through so many changes, and

were still using a pronunciation that went with a spelling (coronel) that died 300 yearsago. The origin of the word is Italian. A colonnellois a column of soldiers.

commemorate - Com is Latin for together, as in company, community and common.Memor is Latin for mindful, so if we come together (com) to be mindful (memor) or

think about something, we are commemorating it.
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congratulations- The problem most people have with this word is that they dont know iftheres a [t] or a [d] in the middle. Well, just think of this: You never say to someone,

Congrads! However, you have probably said, Congrats! Go with that.

coolly- To make an adverb out of an adjective, you add -ly. Fondly, quickly, amazingly,reassuringly, coolly.

criticize- Embedded here is the word critic, and this is exactly what he does. If it werecritisize, it would have to be done by a critis, which does not exist.

daiquiri - Don't make yourself another daiquiri until you learn how to spell this funnyword-the name of a Cuban village.

definite (ly) - This word definitely sounds as though it ends only on -it, but it carries asilent "e" everywhere it goes.

discipline- A little discipline, spelled with the [s] and the [c] will get you to the correctspelling of this one.

drunkenness - You would be surprised how many sober people omit one of the [n]s inthis one.

dumbbell- Even smart people forget one of the [b]s in this one. (So be careful who youcall one when you write.)

Dalmatian - You may be tempted to spell Dalmatian with -on at the end, but justremember that the only [o] you need is the zero in 101.

deceive- Remember your rhyme rules, now, kids. [I] before [e] except after [c]. defendant - Do ants need defending? Youd think an insect that can lift such relatively

heavy loads could take care of himself, but the law is the law.

defiant- When you change the verb defy to an adjective, you change the [y] to an [i]and add an ant. Maybe thats why ants find themselves in court so often.

desiccate- If you actually know this word, chances are you can spell it already, but if not,just keep in mind that in case of condensation, desiccation may be necessary.

desperate- If youre playing the worst game of golf of your life, and youre desperate tocatch up, its because youve shot way over par on every hole. There is no par in

desperate.

deterrence - [E] is the only vowel in deterrence, but dont let that deter you fromputting two [r]s in it.

development - Theres no [e] on the end of develop, so just add the -ment forsuccessful word development.

diorama- This word is spelled pretty much exactly the way it sounds. Di-o-ra-ma. disappear - Its tempting to add an extra [s], but doing so will only make your spelling

reliability disappear.

disappoint - The same goes for disappoint. Adding an extra [s] will only disappointyour sixth grade teacher.

dissipate- Doug is sadly squandering innumerable provisions at the eatery. Hes wastingall of his restaurants food, and soon it will all have disappeared.

difference- Once you get past the diff, theres no difference in the vowels. embarrass(ment)- This one won't embarrass you if you remember it is large enough for a

double [r] AND a double [s].

equipment- This word is misspelled "equiptment" 22,932 times on the web right now. exhilarate - Remembering that [h] when you spell this word will lift your spirits and if

you remember both [a]s, it will be exhilarating!

exceed0 Remember that this one is -ceed, not -cede. (To exceed all expectations, masterthe spellings of this word, "precede" and "supersede" below.)

existence - No word like this one spelled with an [a] is in existence. This word is amenage a quatre of one [i] with three [e]s.

experience - Don't experience the same problem many have with "existence" above inthis word: -ence!

ecstasy- In recent years, ecstasy has sort of taken a dirty turn. People tend to think of itmore and more in conjunction with sex and illegal amphetamines, but ecstasy has its

roots in religious mysticism and self-transcendence. It comes from the Greek ekstasis,which literally means standing outside oneself. There is nothing X-rated or illegal

about it, so leave the [x] out of ecstasy.

especially - The main part of especially is the word special. This is especiallyimportant to remember when youre trying to spell especially. E + special + ly.
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excellent - If Microsoft has done nothing else, it has taught the world how to spellexcel. Once you have that down, you can imagine that the Pope is very good at fasting

before Easter. He excels at Lent. Excellent.

exercise - We say Jazzercise, not Jazzcercise, because its exercise, notexcercise. And you can remember that there are no [z]s in exercise because the

middle of your workout is not the time for catching Zs. explanation- Take the [i] out of explain, and add -ation. fiery- The silent "e" on "fire" is also cowardly: it retreats inside the word rather than face

the suffix -y.

foreign - Here is one of several words that violate the i-before-e rule. (See "believe"above.)

Fahrenheit- This temperature scale was named after a German physicist, Gabriel DanielFahrenheit. You can remember that the [e] comes before the [i] at the end because its

pronounced just like the English word height, in which the order is the same. Now you

just have to remember to put in that crazy [h] at the beginning.

finally- Final + ly. Any questions?

flabbergast- When your high school sweetheart showed up at the reunion all flabby andtalking about gastrointestinal issues, you were flabbergasted.

flotation- The [a] from float floats to the other side of the [t] in flotation. fourth- This is 4th (as opposed to forth). Its the number four + th. fulfill- Look, three [l]s is plenty for one word, wouldnt you say? gauge - You must learn to gauge the positioning of the [a] and [u] in this word.

Remember, they are in alphabetical order (though not the [e]).

grateful- You should be grateful to know that keeping "great" out of "grateful" is great. guarantee- I guarantee you that this word is not spelled like "warranty" even though they

are synonyms.

generally- General + ly. genius- If you try to put an [o] in genius, youve just proven that you arent one. government - Govern, governor, governess, government all these words are about

someone being in charge. Imagine his name is Vern, and he needs your encouragement.

Go, Vern!

grammar- Your Gramma would be very upset if you used incorrect grammar. gross- Spelling it any other way just makes me sick. guttural- Get your mind out of the gutter, and spell guttural with two [u]s and an [a]. harass- This word is too small for two double letters but don't let it harass you, just keep

the [r]s down to one.

height- English reaches the height (not heighth!) of absurdity when it spells "height" and"width" so differently.

hierarchy- Thei-before-e ruleworks here, so what is the problem? humorous- Humor us and spell this word "humorous": the [r] is so weak, it needs an [o]

on both sides to hold it up.

handkerchief - A kerchief is a piece of fabric used to cover the head, or perhaps tiedaround the neck (or face if youre robbing a bank in the Old West). A handkerchief, is a

piece of fabric held in the hand for wiping things off or blowing your nose (or dropping

from a train if youre a woman leaving her lover in the Old West).

horrific- Its got two [r]s just like horrible, but adding another [f] would just be awful.(You thought I was going to say horrific, didnt you?)

hypocrisy - A classic case of a [y] acting like a vowel when its really not. Howhypocritical!

ignorance- Don't show your ignorance by spelling this word -ence!

immediate - The immediate thing to remember is that this word has a prefix, in- "not"which becomes [m] before [m] (or [b] or [p]). "Not mediate" means direct which is why

"immediately" means "directly."

independent- Please be independent but not in your spelling of this word. It ends on -ent. indispensable- Knowing that this word ends on -able is indispensable to good writing. inoculate- This one sounds like a shot in the eye. One [n] the eye is enough.
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intelligence - Using two [l]s in this word and ending it on -ence rather than -ance aremarks of . . . you guessed it.

its/it's - The apostrophe marks a contraction of "it is." Something that belongs to it is"its."

imitate- If someone is imitating me, then when I look at them, its like Im looking in amirror. I look in a mirror and see myself (another I). I + M + I. Theres only one mirror,

just like theres only one [m] in imitate.

inadvertent - Accidental and unintentional, both synonyms of inadvertent, sharesomething else in common besides meaning. They all have -ent- in them.

incidentally- Dont cause an incident by misspelling incidentally. incredible- The vowels in incredible alternate. [i] - [e] - [i] - [e] ingenious- You may be asking, Why does genius not have an [o] while ingenious

does? There are two possible answers. Either English is crazy (which is true), or they are

completely different words (also true). I could give you a lengthy explanation, but it

would all boil down to the simple fact that ingenious has an [o] and genius doesnt,

so lets just leave it at that. irascible- Spelling Bee champions the world over may be irascible when people misspell

words like irascible. irresistible- Although it may feel irresistible to put an [a] in this word, there arent any at

all.

jewelry- Sure, sure, it is made by a jeweler but the last [e] in this case flees the scene likea jewel thief. However, if you prefer British spelling, remember to double the [l]:

"jeweller," "jewellery." (See also pronunciation.

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judgment- Traditionally, the word has been spelled judgment in all forms of the Englishlanguage. However, the spelling judgement (with e added) largely replaced judgment in

the United Kingdom in a non-legal context. In the context of the law, however, judgment

is preferred. This spelling change contrasts with other similar spelling changes made inAmerican English, which were rejected in the UK. In the US at least, judgment is still

preferred and judgement is considered incorrect by many American style guides.

kernel(colonel

) - There is more than a kernel of truth in the claim that all the vowels in

this word are [e]s. So why is the military rank (colonel) pronounced identically? English

spelling can bechaotic.

knowledge - If you were a park ranger, you would know where the ledge is with yourknowledge of the park.

leisure- Yet another violator of thei-before-e rule. You can be sure of the spelling of thelast syllable but not of the pronunciation.

liaison - Another French word throwing us an orthographical curve: a spare [i], just incase. That's an [s], too, that sounds like a [z].

library- It may be as enjoyable as a berry patch but that isn't the way it is spelled. Thatfirst [r] should be pronounced, too.

license- Where does English get the license to use both its letters for the sound [s] in oneword?

lightning- Learning how to omit the [e] in this word should lighten the load of Englishorthography a little bit.

labeled- The general rule is that when a two-syllable word ends in a single consonant,you double the final consonant to add suffixes like -ing or -ed. However, if the first

syllable is the one that is stressed when you pronounce the word, the rule goes out the

window, and you just add the suffix without doubling the final consonant.

led - This is the past tense of the verb to lead. Lead, pronounced the same way asled, is the metal. It has nothing to do with being a leader.

liaison- As much as the [i]s would like to have a romantic liaison, they cant because ofthat blasted [a], and furthermore, the second [i] has a son, which doesnt allow for muchtime for secret get-aways.

lieutenant- This is one of those rare words in English where you really do pronounce allthe letters. The first three vowels happen so quickly that they come out sounding like one/u/ sound, but if you slow it down, theyre all in there.

liquefy- I want that [e] to be an [i], but I just have to keep telling myself, its not aboutwhat I want. [I] already occupies one spot; it needs to give the [e] a turn too.
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lose- Lose is commonly confused with loose, meaning not tight, but just rememberthat loose has more room for an extra [o] (its not too tight), and lose has lost an [o],

so it only has one.

lying- All those three-letter wordstie, die, vie, liedrop their [e]s and change their [i]sto [y]s before adding -ing.

maintenance - The main tenants of this word are "main" and "tenance" even though itcomes from the verb "maintain." English orthography at its mostspiteful.

maneuver - Man, the price you pay for borrowing from French is high. This one goesback to French main + oeuvre "hand-work," a spelling better retained in the British

spelling, "manoeuvre."

medieval - The medieval orthography of English even lays traps for you: everythingabout the MIDdle Ages is MEDieval or, as the British would write, mediaeval.

memento- Why would something to remind of you of a moment be spelled "memento?"Well, it is.

millennium - Here is another big word, large enough to hold two double consonants,double [l] and double [n].

miniature - Since that [a] is seldom pronounced, it is seldom included in the spelling.This one is a "mini ature;" remember that.

minuscule - Since something minuscule is smaller than a miniature, shouldn't they bespelled similarly? Less than cool, or "minus cule."

mischievous- This mischievous word holds two traps: [i] before [e] and [o] before [u].Four of the five vowels in English reside here.

misspell - What is more embarrassing than to misspell the name of the problem? Justremember that it is mis + spell and that will spell you the worry about spelling "misspell."

magically- Again, its just the adjective, magical plus -ly. marshmallow - Its pronounced as though its spelled m-a-r-s-h-m-E-l-l-o-w, but if

youve ever played Chubby Bunny, you know that once you pop six or seven

marshmallows in your mouth, theres no way youre saying any vowels other than [a] and

[o], and thats all the word has.

mischief - Lets say the chief went around short-sheeting everyones beds and puttingblue Kool-Aid in all the shower heads when he was supposed to be making tribal

decisions and governing. Well that wouldnt be very chief-like, now would it? The prefix,

mis-, means badly, unsuitably or with negative force, so when you apply that to aprankster chief, you have him doing all kinds of mischief.

misogyny - The first part (miso) is spelled exactly the way it sounds. The second part(gyny) comes from the Greek word for woman. Its the same root you find in the wordgynecologist. So, if youre having trouble remembering whether its g-I-n-y or g-Y-n-

y, just think of your OB/GYN.

missile- It has the same final three letters as projectile, and when one is fired, we hopeit will miss.

neighbor - The word "neighbor" breaks the i-before-e rule and invokes the silent "gh".This is fraught with error potential. If you use British spelling, it will cost you another

[u]: "neighbour."

noticeable - The [e] is noticeably retained in this word to indicate the [c] is "soft,"pronounced like [s]. Without the [e], it would be pronounced "hard," like [k], as in

"applicable."

nauseous - Nauseous uses all the vowels except [i], and comes from the same Greekroot we see in the word nautical. If youre seasick, you experience nausea.

necessary- Only two [e]s and two [s]s are necessary for spelling necessary. Any morethan that is unnecessary.

no one- Nobody is one word, but no one is two because if you put them together,that word would want to be pronounced just like noon, and we all know its not.

occasionally - Writers occasionally tire of doubling so many consonants and omit one,usually one of the [l]s. Don't you ever do it.

occurrence - Remember not only the occurrence of double double consonants in thisword, but that the suffix is -ence, not -ance. No reason, just the English language keeping

us on our toes.

occasion- Almost every word that starts with o + c-sound + a has two [c]s.
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occur/occurred - Words that start with o + c-sound + u change depending on whichsyllable is stressed. If the [o] is stressed, it is usually only followed by one [c]. If the

second syllable is stressed, there are usually two [c]s.

octopus- Octo means eight, and pus comes from the Greekpous, which means foot. official- Office, officious, officialIf you can remember that related words tend to have

a lot of spelling similarities, you can remember to spell official with two [f]s and a [c]. onomatopoeia - Its like when they were trying to come up with a word for this

phenomenon, someone made a suggestion while yawning, and in the name of

onomatopoeia itself, they decided to go with it.

pastime - Since a pastime is something you do to pass the time, you would expect adouble [s] here. Well, there is only one. The second [s] was slipped through the cracks in

English orthography long ago.

perseverance- All it takes is perseverance and you, too, can be a (near-)perfect speller.The suffix is -ance for no reason at all.

personnel - Funny Story: The assistant Vice-President of Personnel notices that hissuperior, the VP himself, upon arriving at his desk in the morning opens a small, lockedbox, smiles, and locks it back again. Some years later when he advanced to that position

(inheriting the key), he came to work early one morning to be assured of privacy.Expectantly, he opened the box. In it was a single piece of paper which said: "Two Ns,one L."

playwright - Those who play right are right-players, not playwrights. Well, since theywrite plays, they should be "play-writes," wright right? Rong Wrong. Remember that aplay writer in Old English was called a "play worker" and "wright" is from an old form of

"work" (wrought iron, etc.)

possession- Possession possesses more [s]s than a snake. precede- What follows, succeeds, so what goes before should, what? No, no, no, you are

using logic. Nothing confuses English spelling more than common sense. "Succeed" but

"precede." Precede combines the Latin words "pre" and "cedere" which means to go

before.

principal/principle- The spelling principle to remember here is that the school principalis a prince and a pal (despite appearances)--and the same applies to anything of foremost

importance, such as a principal principle. A "principle" is a rule. (Thank you, Meghan

Cope, for help on this one.)

privilege - According to the pronunciation (not "pronounciation"!) of this word, thatmiddle vowel could be anything. Remember: two [i]s + two [e]s in that order.

pronunciation- Nouns often differ from the verbs they are derived from. This is one ofthose. In this case, the pronunciation is different, too, an important clue.

publicly- Let me publicly declarethe rule(again): if the adverb comes from an adjectiveending on -al, you include that ending in the adverb; if not, as here, you don't.

parallel - You have to have at least two things in order for them to be parallel, and ifyoure confused as to whether the double [l] comes in the middle or at the end of the

word, just remember that inside the word parallel is the word all, and all lines or

planes that have the same distance between them continuously are parallel.

parliament- This word comes from the Old French word meaning speaking. You canremember that it has an [i] in it because in the parliament, everyone says, I have

something to say.

particular - It starts out just like particle, and then after the [c], the [u] just says itsname, and the -lar is spelled exactly as it sounds.

peninsula- Spelled exactly as it sounds. No tricks, no extra letters. pharaoh- This guy, on the other hand, has all kinds of tricks up his sleeve. Ph- for the /f/

sound, a superfluous [a] stuck in there, and a silent [h] on the end. Maybe Moses should

have said, Hey Pharaoh, let all those extra letters go.

physical - What did you think the [p] in P.E. was for? (Hint: It stands for PhysicalEducation.) Not that dodgeball is all that educational.

piece- Dont confuse piece with peace. Although, a piece of cake could go a longway toward bringing about peace. Just a suggestion.

pigeon- These foul beasts (Get it? Foul? Fowl?) have been making pigs of themselves incities the world over for eons, eating any crumb or pizza slice or Thanksgiving turkey

dropped in the street. Perhaps thats why their name starts with pig- and ends with -eon.

pistachio- You pronounce it like it has [sh], but you spell it with [ch]. Its a mystery, butits a delicious one.
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pleasant - It starts out just like please, as in, I am pleased with how pleasant theweather is today.

plenitude- Honestly, if you put an extra [t] in, its not that terrible. Plentitude is on itsway to becoming an acceptable alternate spelling of plenitude, but just to be on the safe

side, one [t] is plenty.

preferable- Is it one [f] or two, one [r] or two? One of each is preferable.

presumptuous- If you are presumptuous enough to take something before it is offered,then you owe us (u + o + us) a replacement.

proceed- Dont get this word confused with precede. In precede, the [d] precedes thesecond [e] while in proceed, you write the final [e] and then proceed on to the [d].

propagate - If you want your plants to propagate properly, its best that they not becrushed by your broken gate, but if you prop a gate up, then your plants can propagate.

puerile- Although this word is all about childishness, its not talking about the purity ofchildren, and it should not be spelled the same way.

pursue - The two [u]s will remind you that anyone who wants to get to you (2 u) ispursuing you.

putrefy- A lot of bad calls by the referee can make a game rotten, so when you think ofputrefy, just remember that it has a ref in it.

questionnaire- The French doing it to us again. Double up on the [n]s in this word anddon't forget the silent [e]. Maybe someday we will spell it the English way.

receive/receipt- I hope you have receivedthe messageby now: [i] before [e] except after. . . .

recommend - I would recommend you think of this word as the equivalent ofcommending all over again: re+commend. That would be recommendable.

referred- Final consonants are often doubled before suffixes (remit: remitted, remitting).However, this rule applies only to accented syllables ending on [l] and [r], e.g. "rebelled,"

"referred" but "traveled," "buffered" and not containing a diphthong, e.g. "prevailed,""coiled."

reference- Refer to the last mentioned word and also remember to add -ence to the endfor the noun.

relevant- The relevant factor here is that the word is not "revelant," "revelent," or even"relevent." [l] before [v] and the suffix -ant.

restaurant- 'Ey, you! Remember, these two words when you spell "restaurant." They arein the middle of it.

rhyme- Actually, "rime" was the correct spelling until 1650. After that, egg-heads beganspelling it like "rhythm." Why? No rhyme nor reason other than to make it look like

"rhythm."

rhythm- This one was borrowed from Greek (and conveniently never returned) so it isspelled the way we spell words borrowed from Greek and conveniently never returned.

raspberry - Dont let sports drinks and bubble gum flavors confuse you with theirRockin Razzberries. Thats fine for chemically generated flavors, but the natural fruitis a raspberry.

receipt-Never forget the rule, [I] before [e] except after [c]. And in this case, toss a [p]in there too.

refrigerator- Its not cool to misspell refrigerator. When you shorten it to fridge, youhave to add a [d] just to follow English spelling rules, but in the full-length version,

theres no [d].

religious- If you made a daily practice of writing religious 100 times, aside from beingcertifiably insane, people might say that you wrote religious 100 times every day

religiously.

remembrance - Remember, even though its related to remember, theres no [e]between the [b] and the [r] in remembrance.

renowned- Renowned is renowned for not having a [k] in it like you think it sho uldsince its related to the word know.

ridiculous- Its related to the word ridicule, so it starts with ri-, not re-. schedule- If perfecting your spelling is on your schedule, remember the [sk] is spelled as

in "school." (If you use British or Canadian pronunciation, why do you pronounce thisword [shedyul] but "school," [skul]? That has always puzzled me.)
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separate - How do you separate the [e]s from the [a]s in this word? Simple: the [e]ssurround the [a]s.

sergeant- The [a] needed in both syllables of this word has been pushed to the back ofthe line. Remember that, and the fact that [e] is used in both syllables, and you can write

your sergeant without fear of misspelling his rank.

supersede- This word supersedes all others in perversity. This is the only English wordbased on this stem spelled -sede. Supersede combines the Latin words "super" and"sedere" which means to sit above.

sacrilegious- You may think its related to religious and that it ought to be spelled thesame way, but religious comes from roots meaning to bind while sacrilegious hastwo roots, one meaning sacred and the other meaning to steal. So sacrilegious

literally has to do with stealing, violating or misusing the sacred.

salary - Not celery, but salary, from the Latin salarium, referring to a Romansoldiers salt allowance.

sandal - Hopefully youve seen enough TV commercials for various Sandals resorts bynow to remember how to spell sandal.

sandwich- It has nothing to do with witches, so theres no [t], and were not confusedabout which one, so theres no extra [h]. This portable meal was named after the fourth

Earl of Sandwich, who is reported to have eaten sandwiches so he didnt have to leave his

poker games to go to the dining room.

savvy- Who knows why it has two [v]s, but it is most definitely not savvy to leave one ofthem out.

scissors- If wed just pronounce the [c], we wouldnt have this problem. I say we start apetition.

seize- Argh! A miscreant! Lets seize seize forbreaking the [i] before [e] except after[c] rule and make him walk the plank!

sensible - Sensitive, sensitivity, desensitize and sensible all have sensi- in them,meaning to sense or to feel.

separate - Well you know theres an [e] at the beginning and another at the very end.Now you just have to remember to separate them by putting two [a]s in the middle.

septuagenarian- Referring to someone in their 70s, age is right there in the middle ofthe word.

sheriff - You wont get thrown into the county lock-up if you put too many [r]s or notenough [f]s in sheriff, but you do owe him the respect of spelling his title correctly.

shish kebab- Shish means skewer, and kebab (or kabob) means roast meat, soyou could have kebab without the shish or vice versa.

siege- This is what you may come under if you spell it wrong, so unless youre ready fora hunger strike, I suggest you get it right.

similar- From the Latin similis, meaning like. special- From the Latin species, which literally means appearance, form or beauty. subpoena- In Latin, this means under penalty, as in, Come to court, or else. success - Ready! OK! S-U-C-C-E-S-S! (clap, clap, pause, clap, clap, clap, clap) Thats

the way we spell success! (clap, clap, pause, clap, clap, clap, clap)

simile- Also from the Latin similis, meaning like, a simile is a comparison using thewords like or as.

their/they're/there- They're all pronounced the same but spelled differently. Possessive is"their" and the contraction of "they are" is "they're." Everywhere else, it is "there."

threshold- This one can push you over the threshold. It looks like a compound "thresh +hold" but it isn't. Two [h]s are enough.

twelfth- Even if you omit the [f] in your pronunciation of this word (which you shouldn'tdo), it is retained in the spelling.

tyranny - If you are still resisting the tyranny of English orthography at this point, youmust face the problem of [y] inside this word, where it shouldn't be. The guy is a "tyrant"and his problem is "tyranny." (Don't forget to double up on the [n]s, too.)

tableau - The tricky part is obviously the ending, but just think of your beau, and thenimagine a group of figures representing the story of how you met him.

tariff- Even though it rhymes with sheriff and has the same single [r] and double [f], itstarts out with the same two letters as tax, which is exactly what it means.

tomorrow - Today literally means this day, tonight means this night, andtomorrow means this morrow. Morrow means the following day.
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tongue - This is a combination of the same word in three different languages Dutch(tong), Latin (lingua) and German (Zunge).

too/to/two- To is a preposition meaning 'in the direction of and reaching; as far as; to theextent of.' Too is an adverb meaning 'in addition; as well; besides; also; more than

enough; superfluously; overly; to a regrettable extent; extremely.' Two is the number 2.

tragedy - Apparently, tragedy comes from two Greek words, one meaning song orode, and the other (tragos) meaning goat. Why, we dont know, but we can all agreethat writing odes to goats is pretty tragic.

truly- Please, oh please, dont put an [e] in truly. until- I will never stop harping on this until this word is spelled with an extra [l] for the

last time!

ukulele- Hawaiian words tend to be spelled pretty much exactly the way they sound, andtheir syllables sometimes repeat themselves.

usage- Just move the silent [e] to the end, and put an [a] and a [g] in the middle. vacuum- If your head is not a vacuum, remember that the silent [e] on this one married

the [u] and joined him inside the word where they are living happily ever since. Well, the

evidence is suggestive but not conclusive. Anyway, spell this word with two [u]s and notvicious - A vice, as enjoyable as it might be in the moment, can lead to vicious

consequences.

village- What starts out as just one villa can easily turn into an entire village. like "volume." a while - How long is it exactly? A second? A minute? A day? Its a tad vague, perhaps,

but just think of while as a period of time like any other, and youll know that a

while is two separate words. After all, you wouldnt say asecond or aday, now,would you?

absence- The letter [e] is the only one repeated in this word. Youll notice the absence ofany other recurring letters.

you're/your- Youre is the contraction form of you + are (Youre great). Your is apossessive adjective (Your great-grandmother is also great).

withhold- This is one time when two words are combined and nothing is lost. Keep bothof those [h]s in the one word.
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