Even the best writers admit certain words are really hard to spell. No matter how often we use them in everyday writing, we routinely have to spell them out slowly as we type or even resort to double-checking ourselves with spell-check or a quick online search.
Even then, we still aren't confident that we got it right.
Some words are just confusing like that, especially those that sound like they should be spelled a different way, have weird letter combinations, or feel like they have a few too many letters. 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.
While not an exhaustive list, here are 30 examples.
30 Common Words That Are Really Hard to Spell
Accommodate
Liaison
Connoisseur
Privilege
Acquaintance
Maintenance
Nauseous
Rhythm
Indict
Vacuum
Minuscule
Supersede
Available
Parallel
Entrepreneur
Acknowledgment
Ingenious
Epitome
Mischievous
Separate
Bureaucracy
Silhouette
Pharaoh
Occurred
Conscience
Occasionally
Conscientious
Questionnaire
Eczema
Handkerchief
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