Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings

This is a list of common misspellings

They are used on this maintenance page. Note that not all of them will be misspellings: if they are in song titles, for instance, they must be left how the author intended; if they are in transliterations such as Tao Teh Ching, then they may be correct also.

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".

absense (absence)
acceptible (acceptable)
accessable (accessible)
accidently (accidentally)
accomadate (accommodate)
accomadated (accommodated)
accomadates (accommodates)
accomadation (accommodation)
accomadating (accommodating)
accomodate (accommodate)
accomodated (accommodated)
accomodates (accommodates)
accomodating (accommodating)
accomodation (accommodation)
accompanyed (accompanied)
accross (across)
acheive (achieve)
acheived (achieved)
acheives (achieves)
acheiving (achieving)
acheivement (achievement)
achievment (achievement)
acomplish (accomplish)
acquiantence (acquaintance)
acquited (acquitted)
actualy (actually)
acuracy (accuracy)
admendment (amendment)
addmission (admission)
adolecent (adolescent)
adress (address)
adres (address)
adressable (addressable)
adresable (addressable)
addres (address, adders)
addresable (addressable)
addresing (addressing)
adresing (addressing)
adressing (addressing, dressing)
adviced ("advised" or "advice"--are we looking for a noun or verb?)
agian (again)
agina ("again" or "angina" or "vagina")
agravate (aggravate)
agression (aggresion)
agressive (aggressive)
ahev (have)
ahppen (happen)
ahve (have)
alegience (allegiance)
allegience (allegiance)
almsot (almost)
alomst (almost)
alot ("a lot" or "allot" depending on if you need an adjective or verb)
alotted (alloted)
alreayd (already)
alusion (allusion, illusion)
alwasy (always)
alwyas (always)
amature (armature, amateur)
amke (make)
amking (making)
ammend (amend)
amendmant (amendment)
ammendment (amendment)
anbd (and)
anual ("annual" or "anal")
anytying (anything)
approximitely (approximately)
aquiantance (acquaintance)
aquire (acquire)
aquitted (acquitted)
arangement (arrangement)
artical (article)
articel (article)
assasin (assassin)
assasinate (assassinate)
assasinated (assassinated)
assasinates (assassinates)
assasination (assassination)
assitant (assistant)
athat (that)
attaindre (attained)
audeince (audience)
awya (away)
bakc (back)
baout ("about" or "bout")
bcak (back)
beacuse (because)
becasue (because)
becuase (because)
befoer (before)
begining (beginning)
beleif (belief)
beleive (believe)
beleived (believed)
beleives (believes)
beleiving (believing)
beseige (besiege)
boaut ("bout" or "boat" or "about")
beaurocracy (bureaucracy)
busness (business)
casion
catterpilar (caterpillar)
catterpilars (caterpillars)
censur (censor, censure)
ceratin (certain, keratin)
chasr (chaser, chase)
cheif (chief)
claer (clear)
claerer (clearer)
claerly (clearly)
clera (clear, schlera)
comander (commander, commandeer)
comittee (committee)
comming (coming)
commitee (committee)
comitted (committed)
communciation (communication)
comprimise (compromise)
concious (conscious)
constatn (constant)
congresional (congressional)
constuction (construction)
continous (continuous)
continously (continuously)
copywrite (copyright - nb copywrite is valid for proofread)
corrispond (correspond)
corrisponding (corresponding)
corrisponded (corresponded)
corrisponds (corresponds)
coudl (could, cloud)
coudln (couldn't)
cpoy (coy)
cxan (cyan)
dael (deal, dial, dahl)
decendents (descendants)
definit (definite)
definately (definitely)
definatly (definitely)
definitly (definitely)
deram (dram, dream)
deside (decide)
dessicated (desiccated)
devide (divide)
diea (idea, die)
disolved (dissolved)
divison (division)
divisons (divisions)
doens
doign (doing)
donig (doing)
donut (doughnut)
dominiant (dominant)
Dravadian (Dravidian)
dreasm (dreams)
drnik (drink)
dyas (dryas)
efel (evil)
eles (Ellis)
embarras (embarrass)
embarrased (embarrassed)
embarrasing (embarrassing)
embarrasment (embarrassment)
embarass (embarrass)
embarassed (embarrassed)
embarassing (embarrassing)
embarassment (embarrassment)
ened (need)
enxt (next)
equiped (equipped)
equippment (equipment)
erally (orally, really)
esle (else)
esential (essential)
essesital (essential)
ethose (those)
eveyr (every)
evidentally (evidently)
exagerate (exaggerate)
exagerated (exaggerated)
exagerates (exaggerates)
exagerating (exaggerating)
existance (existence)
existant (existent)
extint (extinct, extant)
eyar (year)
eyars (years, eyas)
eyasr (years)
feasable (feasible)
febuary (february)
feromone (pheromone)
fianlly (finally)
fidn (find)
fiel (feel, field, file, phial)
fiels (feels, fields, files, phials)
financialy (financially)
firends (friends)
firts (flirts, first)
fleed (fled)
fomr (from, form)
forfiet (forfeit)
forhead (forehead)
foriegn (foreign)
formost (foremost)
forrest (ok as name; else forest)
foudn (found)
fourty (forty)
freind (friend)
guage
generaly
gerat
gogin
gonig
goign
gouvener
governer
goverment
graet
grafitti
grammaticaly
grammer
grat
greif
grwo
gaurd
garanteed (guaranteed)
guranteed (guaranteed)
guidence
habaeus
habeus
hace
haev
hapened
harasment (harassment)
harras (harass)
harrasing (harassing)
harrased (harassed)
harrases (harasses)
harrasment (harassment)
harrassing (harass
harrassed (harassed)
harrasses (harassed)
harrassment (harassment)
headquater (headquarter)
headquatered
headquaters
herad
heroe (hero)
heros (heroes)
hieght
hismelf
housr
hten
htere
htey
hting
htikn
htink
htis
humer
hvae
hvea
hvaing
hwihc
hwile
hwole
hypocracy (hypocrisy)
hypocrasy (hypocrisy)
hypocricy (hypocrisy)
hypocrit (hypocrite)
idae
idaes
idesa
ilogical
imagenary
imagin
imediately
imense
immitate
incidently
increadible
incredable
indefinitly
independance (independence, but -ance is correct in French, so be careful with New Caledonia)
independant
indispensible
indite (indict)
inevatible (inevitable)
inevitible
infinit
inocence
inpeach (impeach)
intelectual
inteligence
inteligent
interpet
interupt
intrest
irelevent
iresistable
iresistible
iritable
iritated
irresistable
inot
iwll
iwth
jeapardy
jstu
jsut
judical
judisuary
knowlege
konw
konws
knwo
knwos
kwno
labatory (lavatory)
labratory (laboratory)
lavae (larvae)
leanr
legitamate
leran
lerans
levle
liason (liaison)
libary
lible
lief
lieing
liek
liekd
liesure
liquify
litature
literture
littel
liuke
livley
loev
lonelyness
lonley
lonly (lonely, only)
lsat
lveo
lvoe
maintainance (maintenance)
maintainence (maintenance)
maintenence (maintenance)
makse
manuever
marrage
mathamatics
mear
medacine
medeival (medieval, mediaeval)
meranda (veranda, Miranda)
messanger
millenium
minature (miniature)
mischeivous (mischievous)
mischevious (mischievous)
misile (missile)
misdameanors (misdemeanors)
missle (missile, missel (thrush))
mkae (make)
mkaes (makes)
mkaing (making)
mkea (make)
moent (moment)
moeny (money)
morgage (mortgage)
movei (movie)
mroe (more)
muscels (mussels, muscles)
mysef (myself)
mysogyny (misogyny)
mysogynist (misogynist)
mysterous (mysterious)
naturaly (naturally)
naturely (naturally)
naturually (naturally)
naturual (natural)
neccessary (necessary)
necesary (necessary)
neice (niece, nice)
nickle (nickel)
nineth (ninth)
ninteenth (nineteenth)
ninty (ninety)
nkow (know)
nkwo (know)
noone (no one)
noticable (noticeable)
noticeing (noticing)
nuculear (nuclear)
nuisanse (nuisance)
nusance (nuisance)
obstacal (obstacle)
ocasionally (occasionally)
occassionally (occasionally)
occurance (occurrence)
occured (occurred)
occurence (occurrence)
occuring (occurring)
occurr (occur)
occurrance (occurrence)
ocurr (occur)
ocurrance (occurrence)
ocurred (occurred)
ocurrence (occurrence)
offical (official)
oging (going, ogling)
omision
omited
omre
onot
onyl
oponent
oportunity
oposite
oposition
oppinion
optomism
orgin (origin, organ)
orginal (original, orignal)
orginize
otehr
owrk
owudl
paide
palce
pamplet
paralel
paralell
parrallel
pasttime
payed
peculure
peice
peom
peoms
peopel
peotry
performence
perhasp
perheaps
perhpas
perjery
permissable
perphas
personel (personnel, personal)
petetion (petition)
planed (planned; but valid if it means "made flat")
playwrite
plesant
poisin
pomegranite
posess (possess)
posessed (possessed)
posesses (possesses)
posessing (possessing)
posession (possession)
possable (possible)
possably (possibly)
possesion (possession)
possesing (possessing)
possibilty (possibility)
practicaly
practicly
prairy (prairie)
preample
preceed (precede)
precurser
prefered (preferred)
prefering (preferring)
prepair
prepartion
presense (presence)
prevelant
previvous
privelege (privilege)
privelige (privilege)
privilage (privilege)
priviledge (privelege)
privledge (privilege)
probablly (probably)
probalibity (probability)
probelm
procedger
proceedure
proclomation
profesion
profesor
proffesion
proffesor
prohabition
prominant
propellor
prophacy (prophecy)
propoganda (propaganda)
propotions (proportions)
protem
psycology (psychology)
psyhic (psychic)
pumkin (pumpkin)
pursuade (persuade)
pursuaded (persuaded)
pursuades (persuades)
pususading (persuading)
pwoer
pyschic
qtuie
quantaty
quizes
qutie
radify (ratify)
raelly
reacll
realy
realyl
reciept
recieve
recieved
recieves
recieving
recomend
recomended
recomending
recomends
recrod
rediculous
referal (referral)
refered (referred)
refering (referring)
referrence (reference)
regluar
rela
relaly
relativly
releive
relized
rememberance
repatition
representive
resistence
restraunt (restraint, restaurant)
rewriet
roomate (roommate)
russina
rwite
rythm
rythem
sacrafice
saftey
salery
sargant
sasy (says, sassy)
schedual
scirpt
scripot
seceed (succeed, secede)
secratary
secretery
seige
sensure
seperate (separate)
seperated (separated)
seperates (separates)
seperating (separating)
sepina (subpoena)
severley
sherif
shineing
shoudl
shoudln
sieze
simpley
sincerley
sinse
smae
smoe
snese (sneeze)
soem
sohw
soliders
sophmore (sophomore)
sotry
sotyr (satyr, story)

soudn
soudns
sould
soulds
soverign
speach
sponser
stroy
stoyr
stopry
storeis
storise
stnad
stpo
strat
startegies
stradegies
startegic
startegy
stradegy
stubborness
stucture (structure)
sucessive (successive)
succesion (succession)
successfull
suceed (succeed)
suceeded (succeeded
suceeding
suceeds
sucesion
sufferage
sufficent (sufficient)
sufficently (sufficiently)
sumary (summary)
supercede (supersede)
superintendant
supose (suppose)
suposed (supposed)
suposedly (supposedly)
suposes
suposing
supress
surley
suround
surounded
surounding
suroundings
surounds
suseptible
swiming
syas
tahn
taht
tath
talekd (talked)
tehy
temperment
temperture
tendancy
thgat
tghe
ther
theri
thge
thier
thign
thigns
thigsn
thikn
thikns
thikning
thiunk
thna
thne
thnig
thnigs
thrid
thsi
thsoe
thta
tiem
tihkn
tihs
timne
tiome
tje
tjhe
tkae
tkaes
tkaing
tlaking
tobbaco (tobacco)
todya
tommorrow
tommorow
tongiht
towrad
trafficed
trafic
transfered
transfering
truely
turnk
twon
tyhat
tyhe
tyrany
tyrrany
unconcious
unecessary
univesities
univesity
unmistakeably
untill
useage
usefull
useing
usualy
vaccum
valuble
vegtable (vegetable)
vegatarian (vegetarian)
venemous (venomous)
vengance (vengeance)
veyr
vigilence
villin (villi, villain, villein)
visable
vrey
vyer
vyre
waht
warrent
wass
watn
wehn
weild
wendsay
wensday
whcih
whereever
whic
whihc
wholy
whta
wief
wierd
wiht
wintery
wirting
withdrawl
wiull
wnat
wnats
wnated
wohle
wokr
woudl
wriet
wrok
wroking
wroet
wtih
yeild
ytou
yera
yeras
yersa
yeasr