What's the one word in the English language that you misspell the most?
I received quite a few responses to that question on our Edit This® Facebook page yesterday – even from friends who chose to text me rather than respond directly to the post. I appreciate the feedback, and I imagine it was difficult for many of you to narrow your response to just ONE word. It certainly was for me!
Even after all these years as a professional writer and editor, there are more words out there that I stumble on than I care to admit. It often takes slowing down my typing or even spelling the word out loud as I type to make sure I get it right.
Two words that spring to mind are accommodate and liaison.
Below are 15 difficult words to spell according to the responses:
* Maintenance
* Nauseous
* Rhythm
* Available
* Entrepreneur
* Silhouette
* Separate
* Restaurant
* Occurred
* Pronunciation
* Speechless
* Performance
* Conscience
* Recommend
* Occasionally
Again, thanks to those who chimed in. Here is a post from Oxford Dictionaries on 23 difficult words to spell. It's a cool list and includes a few of the words mentioned above. Also, check out this conversation I had with my wife before I sat down to write this blog.
Me: "Another word I've struggled with is speechless!"
My wife: "What?! How can you possibly spell that wrong?"
Me: "OK, spell it."
My wife: "S.P.E.A.C.H.L.E.S.S."
Me: "Ummm, wrong. It's S.P.E.E.C.H.L.E.S.S."
My wife: "Oh ... well ... I guess I'm speechless."
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*STEVE GAMEL is the Owner/President of Edit This®, a writing and editing services company located in Denton, TX. Along with being a sports writer for the Denton Record-Chronicle, Steve handles anything involving the written word. Give him a call today to help give your business a clear voice.