At Sen10ce Maker, we provide you a one-stop cure for all your spelling ills. Here are the 100 words most often misspelled ('misspell' is one of them). Each word has a mnemonic pill with it and, if you swallow it, it will help you to remember how to spell the word. Master the orthography of the words on this page and reduce the time you spend searching dictionaries by 50%. (Use the time you save by reading the rest of the site) |
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receive/receipt |
I hope you have received the message by now: [i] before [e] except after . . . . |
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recommend |
I would recommend you think of this word as the equivalent of commending all over again: re+commend. That would be recommendable. |
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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." |
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reference |
Refer to the last mentioned word and also remember to add -ence to the end for the noun. |
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relevant
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The relevant factor here is that the word is not " revelant," " revelent," or even " relevent." [l] before [v] and the suffix -ant. |
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restaurant |
'Ey, you! Remember, these two words when you spell "restaurant." They are in the middle of it. |
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rhyme |
Actually, "rime" was the correct spelling until 1650. After that, egg-heads began spelling it like "rhythm." Why? No rhyme nor reason other than to make it look like "rhythm." |
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rhythm |
This one was borrowed from Greek (and conveniently never returned) so it is spelled the way we spell words borrowed from Greek and conveniently never returned. |
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