10 Words That Are Always Misspelt In English

By Anshika Verma23, Mar 2025 03:10 PMjagranjosh.com

Apparent - Wrong spellings: apparant, aparent, apparrent, aparrent

People often mix up the number of ‘p’ and ‘r’ letters and confuse ‘-ent’ with ‘-ant.’

Believe - Wrong spellings: belive, beleive

The ‘i before e except after c’ rule helps, but words like ‘believe’ still confuse many.

Entrepreneur - Wrong spellings: entrepenur, entrepeneur, entreperneur

Its French origin makes it tricky, with misplaced or missing letters like ‘r’ and ‘eu.’

License - Wrong spellings: licence, lisence, lisense

Swapping ‘c’ and ‘s’ is a common mistake. In American English, ‘license’ is correct.

Privilege - Wrong spellings: priviledge, privelege

People mistakenly add a ‘d’ or change the ‘i’ before ‘-lege’ to an ‘e.’

Pronunciation - Wrong spelling: pronunciation

It comes from ‘pronounce,’ but the correct spelling drops the ‘o’ in ‘-nun-.’

Separate - Wrong spellings: seperate, seprate

Mispronouncing the first ‘a’ as ‘e’ leads to spelling errors.

Tendency - Wrong spelling: tendancy

Writers often mistakenly use ‘a’ instead of ‘e’ in the second syllable.

Weird - Wrong spelling: wierd

‘Weird’ breaks the ‘i before e’ rule, making it a commonly misspelled word.

Weather - Wrong spellings: wether, waether, whether

‘Weather’ is often confused with ‘whether,’ which has a completely different meaning.

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