Time for a spelling bee! Let's
see how well you do. If you realize you actually
misspell all the 20 English words below, don't
sweat it too much, you are in good company.
Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Jane Austen
and John Keats were all notoriously terrible
spellers!

1. Wrong: Embarass
Correct: Embarrass

2. Wrong: Writting
Correct: Writing

3. Wrong: Accomodate
Correct: Accommodate

4. Wrong: Seperate
Correct: Separate

5. Wrong: Alot
Correct: A lot

6. Wrong: Truely
Correct: Truly

7. Wrong: Tommorow/ Tommorrow
Correct: Tomorrow

8. Wrong: Definately
Correct: Definitely

9. Wrong: Mispell
Correct: Misspell

10. Wrong: Alright(this may be allowed)
Correct: All right

11. Wrong: Maintainance
Correct: Maintenance

12. Wrong: Recieve
Correct: Receive

13. Wrong: Occassion/ Occassion/
Correct: Occasion

14. Wrong: Occurence
Correct: Occurrence

15. Wrong: Momento
Correct: Memento

16. Wrong: Priviledge
Correct: Privilege

17. Wrong: Miniscule
Correct: minuscule

18. Wrong: Neccessary
Correct: Necessary

19. Wrong: Pronounciation
Correct: Pronunciation

20. Wrong: Wierd
Correct: Weird.

The good thing about the smart phones we have
now is that they all come with dictionaries pre-
installed, if you are not sure of a spelling, simply
type it out on your phone and let it correct it for
you!

And please, don't get too attached to chating abbreviations because you may unconsciously use them when writing an examination or formal write-up.

Feel free to share your views and add yours!

Wrong= CD


Right= Condom.

Some of the spellings are wrongly wrong.
Please include
Wrong: dieing
Right: dying

Wrong: lieing
Right: lying

Also, include the wrong usage of your for you're

Right:convertible
Wrong: convertable

Right: floccinaucinhilipilification
Wrong : ..... I de come

Abeg fp.

shamsuRana:
Right:convertible Wrong: convertable
Right: floccinaucinhilipilification Wrong : ..... I de come

That must be a slip of the fingers!.... abi brain?
i cant laff abeg.. bros.

Most people, not me. Nice topic though.

BTW, who told you smartphones come with preinstalled dictionaries

Akorede612:


That must be a slip of the fingers!.... abi brain?

i cant laff abeg.. bros.

Am even laughing at ur unawareness
Must be mis understanding... Abi abject ignorance...
I de laff abeg..bros.

Boomba

Yesterday i was readin a book and i saw the word 'pronunciation'
i just had to check my dictionary cos i thought that was a wrong spelling.. The reason why pple thinks its 'pronounciation' is because they spell it through 'pronounce'.

Youngsage:
Most people, not me. Nice topic though.


BTW, who told you smartphones come with preinstalled dictionaries

DULLARD

Op , are you a waec examiner?

I'm particularly guilty of receive. Its so confusing And some others

Wrong: Continous

Right : Continuous

lol, op u got me,, i have been spelling no 19 wrongly since, i remember during dictation in JSS1, i spelt it wrongly and my teacher still marked me right, guess she didnt know it either... Thanks though,, informative..

Heeyhun:
I'm particularly guilty of receive. Its so confusing
And some others

recEive= recEpton
decEive = decEption
percEive = percEption
etc
just say it in ur head n u'll know if E comes b4 I
belIeve = belIef
achIeve = achievement

pu**y = wrong

Correct = puss y

Who smells FP with me

Wrong: Fatted Right: Farted
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expantiate - wrong. expatiate - correct pensioneer - wrong pensioner - correct

Jboy8844:

DULLARD

And i bet he is from Daura

mrking3:
my phone is on Auto Spell-check! So i dont need to crack my brain to get the Right spelling of word before sending!!

wetin you dey form for now. Shey when you will be writing a serious exam your phone will still auto-correct you script?

Wrong: convenant
Right: covenant

k

English is never easy

Hmmm...English Language isn't easy o

I'm always guilty of a lot and receive but all thanks to auto correct I'm always corrected




Also a lot of people mistake I'm for am.