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For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.

  • loose vs. lose
  • then vs. than
  • were vs. where
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[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I used to have trouble with necessary. I have pages of notes with neccesary/neseccary/necesary/necessary scribbled in the margins to see which one looked right.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I say wether, not whether, and anyways, not anyway. I also never remember how to write thorought.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Thorought I think would be pronounced thor-uft.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

Illegitimate/legitimate. Always struggled with that one until I got a phone that could tell me how to spell it.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Diahhrheoea

Or whatever it is.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

The former is British, the latter is American. Noah Webster eliminated letter doubles in words where he thought the extra one didn't add anything useful. Another word that did the same thing is "level(l)ing".

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Interesting, so I could make the argument that I was right all along

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