Typing Accuracy Drill: Commonly Misspelled Words

The Practice Test Commonly Misspelled Words List:

abrupt, absence, absorbent, absorption, abundance, academic, accede, accelerate, accept, acceptable, access, accessible, accessory, accidentally, accommodate, accommodation, accompanying, accomplish, accomplishment, according, accumulate, accurate, accuse, ache, achieve, achievement, acknowledge, acknowledgement, acoustics, acquiesce, acquaint, acquaintance, acquire, acquit, acquittal, across, activities, actual, address, adjacent, adjournment, admissible, admittance, adolescent, advantageous, advertise, advertisement, advice, advise, aeronautics, affect, affiliate, aficionado, aggravate, aggression, aggressive, airplane, aisle, a lot, alignment, all right, all together, allege, allot, allotted, allotment, almost, alphabet, already, alter, although, altogether, aluminum, always, amateur, amateur, amendment, among, amphibian, analysis, analyze, anecdote, anoint, answer, antarctic, antidote, antiseptic, anxiety, apology, apostrophe, apparatus, apparent, apparently, appearance, appointment, applied, approach, appropriate, architect, arctic, argue, argument, aroused, arraign, arrangement, article, ascend, asinine, asphalt, assassination, assignment, assistance, asterisk, atheist, athlete, athletic, athletics, attack, attendance, attitude, attorneys, auctioneer, audible, audience, author, autumn, auxiliary, aviator, a while, awful, awkward, axle

bachelor, balance, ballot, banana, bankruptcy, banquet, barbarous, barbecue, basically, basis, battalion, battery, beautiful, becoming, before, beginning, behavior, believe, believable, believing, bellwether, beneficial, benefit, benefited, berserk, bicycle, bizarre, breath, breathe, brilliant, broccoli, brochure, brought, budget, bulletin, buoyancy, bureaus, business

cafeteria, calendar, camouflage, campaign, canceled, cancellation, candidate, cantaloupe, canvas, capital, carburetor, career, careful, Caribbean, carrying, cartilage, cashier, catastrophe, category, caught, ceiling, celebrate, cemetery, census, certain, challenge, changeable, characteristic, chauffeur, chauvinism, cheerfulness, chief, chili, chocolaty, choose, chose, chosen, citizen, clientele, clothes, coincidence, coliseum, collateral, colleague, collectible, college, colonel, colossal, column, comfortably, coming, commemorate, commitment, committed, committee, companies, compel, competence, competition, competitor, completely, comprehension, concede, conceive, concern, condemn, confident, congratulations, connoisseur, conscience, conscientious, conscious, consecutively, consensus, conspicuous, contribute, controlled, controlling, controversy, convenience, corps, correspondence, correspondent, corrugated, council, councilor, counsel, counselor, criticism, criticize, curiosity, curriculum, cylinder, cynical

daiquiri, dalmatian, dangerous, deceive, decide, defendant, deferred, deficient, deficit, defiant, definite, definitely, delegate, delinquent, democracy, dependent, deposit, describe, description, desert, desiccate, desperate, dessert, detriment, deterrence, deuce, develop, development, devices

diagnosis, difference, dilemma, diminish, dining room, diorama, diphtheria, disappear, disappoint, disastrous, disbursement, disciple, discipline, discoveries, discrepancy, discuss, disease, dissatisfied, dissipate, distinct, distinguished, divine, doctor, does, doesn't, dominance, dominant, dormitories, drunkenness, during, dumbbell, dying

easily, ecstasy, edition, effect, efficient, eight, eighth, either, eligible, eliminate, embarrass, emigrate, eminent, emphasize, emptiness, encyclopedia, endorsement, enemies, enormous, enough, enterprise, enthusiasm, envelop, envelopment, environment, equally, equipped, equipment, erroneous, especially, eventually, everybody, evidently, exaggerate, exaggerating, exceed, excellent, excess, except, exercise, exhaust, exhausted, exhibit, exhibition, exhilarate, existence, exorbitant, expect, experience, experiment, explanation, extraordinary, extravagant, extemporaneous, extension

facilities, facsimile, Fahrenheit, faithfulness, familiar, families, fascinating, feasible, February, fictitious, fiend, fiery, Filipino, finally, financially, flabbergast, flexible, flotation, fluorescent, forcible, foreign, foreseeable, foreword, formally, formerly, foursome, forthright, forty, forward, fourteen, fourth, franchise, friend, fulfill, fundamental, funeral, further

gaiety, gauge, genius, generally, genuine, gesture, ghost, gigantic, gist, glamorous, gnawing, goggles, gorgeous, government, governor, grammar, grandeur, grateful, gratuity, grievous, grocery, gross, grudge, guarantee, guard, guidance, guttural, gymnasium

handicapped, handkerchief, handsome, haphazard, happened, happening, happiness, harass, harassment, haughtiness, healthy, heartrending, heavier, heavily, hectic, height, helpful, hemorrhage, heroes, hierarchy, hindrance, homely, homogenize, honorary, hoping, horrific, hosiery, huge, humiliate, humorous, hurriedly, hygiene, hypocrisy, hypocrite

incredible, identity, independent, idiosyncrasy, ignorance, illegal, illegible, illiterate, imaginary, imitation, immediately, immense, immigrant, important, inadequate, inadvertent, inaugurate, inauguration, incidentally, increase, incredible, indelible, imaginary, independence, indict, indictment, indispensable, individual, inflammable, influence, ingenious, inhabitant, initiative, inoculate, innocence, insistence, instructor, installation, integrate, intellectual, intelligent, intelligence, intelligent, intercede, interest, interesting, interfere, interfered, interpretation, interruption, intolerance, invariable, inveigle, invitation, irascible, irrelevant, irresistible, irrevocable, irritable, island, issuing, its, it's

jealous, jealousy, jeopardize, jewelry, journey, judgment, justifiable, justified

kernel, kerosene, khaki, kidnapped, kimono, kindergarten, knowledge

labeled, labeling, laboratory, lacquer, language, led, ledger, legitimate, leisure, leisurely, length, lengthening, lesson, lightening, lightning, liaise, liaison, library, license, lien, likable, liquefaction, liquefy, listen, liveliest, livelihood, lieutenant, lollipop, loneliness, loose, lose, losing, lovely, loyalty, luxuries, lying

maintenance, magically, magnificent, manageable, management, maneuver, manual, manufacturer, manufacturing, manuscript, marriage, marshmallow, mathematics, meant, mechanics, medicine, medieval, mediocre, memento, metropolitan, mileage, millennium, millennia, miniature, minuscule, minute, miscellaneous, mischief, mischievous, misogyny, missile, misspell, misspelled, modern, monotonous, moral, morale, mortgage, mosquitoes, movable, murmur, muscle, mysterious

naturally, nauseous, Neanderthal, necessary, necessity, neighbor, neither, nickel, niece, nineteenth, ninety, ninth, no one, nonentity, noticeable, noticing, notoriety, nowadays, nuisance, numerator, numerous

oblige, obstacle, occasion, occasionally, occur, occurring, occurred, occurrence, octopus, official, often, omission, omit, omitted, oneself, onomatopoeia, operate, opinion, opponent, opportunities, oppose, opposite, optimism, optimistic, ordinance, ordnance, origin, original, ought, overwhelming

pageant, paid, pamphlet, pandemonium, pantomime, parachute, parallel, paralyze, parcel, parliament, parliamentary, partial, particularly, past, pasteurize, pastime, pavilion, peace, peaceable, peculiar, peculiarities, penicillin, peninsula, perceive, perform, performance, permanent, permissible, permit, perseverance, persevere, persistent, personal, personally, personnel, perspiration, persuade, Pharaoh, phase, Philippine, philosophy, physical, physician, picnicking, picture, piece, pigeon, pistachio, Pittsburgh, plagiarism, planned, planning, playwright, pleasant, plenitude, political, politician, portrayed, possession, possessions, possible, potato, Portuguese, practical, practically, prairie, precede, precedent, preceding, precious, precipice, prefabricate, prefer, preferable, preferred, preferring, prejudice, preliminary, prepare, prescription, presence, presumptuous, prevalent, previous, primitive, principal, principle, privilege, probably, procedure, proceed, professional, professor, prominent, promise, promissory, pronounce, pronunciation, proof, propaganda, propagate, propeller, prophecy, prophesy, proprietor, psychology, publicly, puerile, punctuation, pursue, pursuing, putrefy

qualities, quantity, quarter, questionnaire, quixotic, quotient, quiet, quit, quite

ransack, rapport, raspberry, realize, really, recipient, receipt, receive, recognize, recommend, recommendation, reconcile, recurrence, reference, referred, refrigerator, regrettable, relevant, relief, relieve, religion, religious, remember, remembrance, reminisce, renown, renowned, repellent, repetition, replies, representative, rescind, research, resistance, resources, restaurant, reveal, reverend, rhapsody, rhetoric, rheumatism, rhubarb, rhyme, rhythm, ridiculous, righteous, rivalry, rotary

sacrifice, sacrilegious, safety, salable, salary, sandal, sandwich, satisfaction, saucer, savvy, scarcity, scene, schedule, scheme, scholarship, scholastic, scientific, scissors, secretary, seize, sense, sensible, sentence, separate, septuagenarian, serial, sergeant, several, shepherd, sheriff, shining, shipment, shish kebab, shoulder, shriek, siege, significance, similar, simile, simultaneous, since, sincerely, sizable, skeptical, sneak, sneer, soldier, sophomore, sorrowful, sovereign, sovereignty, souvenir, special, specifically, speech, specimen, splitting, sponsor, stationary, stationery, statistics, stenographer, stopping, straighten, strength, strenuous, strictly, studying, subpoena, substantiate, subsidy, subtle, succeed, succeeding, success, successful, successor, suddenness, sufficient, suing, summary, superintendent, supersede, supervisor, suppose, surgeon, surely, surprise, survey, susceptible, suspense, suspicious, syllable, symmetrical, symmetry, synonymous

tailor, tangible, tariff, tattoo, tableau, technical, technique, televise, television, temperature, temporary, temporarily, tendency, tenant, tenement, terrible, territory, their, theories, theory, there, therefore, they're, thirtieth, thorough, thoroughly, thought, threshold, through, to, too, together, tomorrow, tongue, toward, tragedy, transferred, tremendous, trespass, tries, triumph, truly, Tucson, two, twelfth, tying, typical, tyranny

ukulele, unanimous, unbelievable, unconscious, undesirable, undoubtedly, uneasiness, unforeseen, unforgettable, unfortunately, unique, unkempt, unmanageable, unnecessary, until, unusual, usable, usage, useful, usual, usually, using, usurer, usurp

vaccinate, vacuum, valleys, valuable, varieties, vaudeville, vegetable, vengeance, vehement, ventilate, veteran, vicinity, vicious, victim, video, view, village, villain, vinegar, visible, visitor, vitamin, volume

waive, waiver, warranty, wave, wealthiest, weather, Wednesday, weird, welcome, welfare, whenever, wherever, whether, which, whole, wholly, whose, witch, withhold, witnessed, wonderful, wrench, writing

xylophone

yacht, yeoman, yesterday, yield, youngster, you're, your, yours, youth

zealous, zenith, zephyr, zigzag, zinc, zodiac, zoology