Only a Spelling Bee Champion Can Nail These Forgotten 19th-Century Words
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How Do You Spell The Word Used To Describe Something That Is Essential Or Required?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Professional Activity Or A Commercial Organization?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The Mental And Moral Qualities Distinctive To An Individual?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Female Child In Relation To Her Parents?
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How Do You Spell The Word For Facts Information And Skills Acquired Through Experience?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Person Living Next Door To Or Very Near You?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Feeling Of Happy Satisfaction And Enjoyment?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Sentence Word Or Phrase To Elicit Information?
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How Do You Spell The Word For Bringing To One's Mind An Awareness Of Someone Or Something?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The Quality Or State Of Being Physically Strong?
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How Do You Spell The Word Meaning With Each Other Or In One Group?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The State Of The Atmosphere At A Place And Time?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The Activity Of Marking Paper With A Pen Or Pencil?
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How Do You Spell The Word For Something That Is Pleasing The Senses Or Mind Aesthetically?
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How Do You Spell The Word For An Act Of Traveling From One Place To Another?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Group Of Houses And Buildings Situated In A Rural Area?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The Period Of Time Between Sunrise And Noon?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The Time From Noon Or Lunchtime Until Evening?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The Period Of Time At The End Of The Day?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Person Whom One Knows And With Whom One Has A Bond?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Group Of One Or More Parents And Their Children?
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How Do You Spell The Word For An Institution For Educating Children?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Person Who Provides Education For Pupils?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Written Or Printed Communication Directed To A Person?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Thing Said Or Written To Settle A Question?
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How Do You Spell The Word Meaning To Accept That Something Is True Or Real?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Building Or Room Containing Collections Of Books?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The Second Month Of The Year?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The Particulars Of The Place Where Someone Lives?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Written Acknowledgment That Something Has Been Received?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Room Or Building That Lodges Someone?
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How Do You Spell The Word For Having An Unemotional And Stolidly Calm Disposition?
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How Do You Spell The Word Meaning To Take The Place Of A Person Or Thing Previously In Use?
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How Do You Spell The Word For Wishing To Do One's Work Or Duty Well And Thoroughly?
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How Do You Spell The Word For An Escape Of Blood From A Ruptured Blood Vessel?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Collection Of Items That Are Of Different Kinds?
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How Do You Spell The Word For An Incident Or Event That Happens?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The Dark Shape And Outline Of Someone Visible Against Lighter Background?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Photograph Taken By An Early Photographic Process?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Toy Consisting Of A Tube Containing Mirrors And Loose Vanes?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Large Decorative Hanging Light Ornate With Branches For Bulbs?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The Customary Code Of Polite Behavior In Society?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Period Of One Thousand Years?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Person Who Facilitates Communication Between Different Groups?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The Process Of Keeping Something In Good Condition?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A System Of Government In Which Decisions Are Made By State Officials?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The Activity Of Going On An Outing With A Packed Meal?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Person Who Writes Plays?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Small Potted Plant With Large Showy Red Petal-Like Leaves?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The Revival Of Art And Literature Under The Influence Of Classical Models?
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How Do You Spell The Word For Being Grossly Irrelevant To What Is Held To Be Sacred?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Strip Of Wood Or Metal Forming The Bottom Of A Doorway?
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How Do You Spell The Ordinal Number That Comes After Eleventh In A Sequence?
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How Do You Spell The Word Meaning To Cause Someone To Feel Awkward Self-Conscious Or Ashamed?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Special Right Advantage Or Immunity Granted Only To A Particular Group?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Strong Regular Repeated Pattern Of Movement Or Sound?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Space Entirely Devoid Of Matter?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Person Who Manages The Financial Accounts Of An Organization?
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How Do You Spell The Word For The Formation Of A Word From A Sound Associated With What Is Named?
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How Do You Spell The Word For A Square Of Cotton Held In The Pocket For Blowing One's Nose?
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Neccessary
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Nessisary
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Necasary
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Necessary
The word necessary is spelled with one c and two s letters which is a common mistake for students.
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Business
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Busines
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Bussiness
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Bizness
The correct spelling of business includes an i before the final s because it comes from the word busy.
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Character
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Charactar
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Charactor
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Caracter
Ancient Greek origins give this word the ch spelling at the start while the end finishes with the letters er.
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Daughter
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Daughtor
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Dauter
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Dawghter
This common family word uses the classic gh letter combination that remains silent when you say the word aloud.
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Nolledge
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Knowlidge
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Knowlege
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Knowledge
Remembering to include the silent k at the start and the d before the g is key for this word.
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Neighbur
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Naybor
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Nieghbor
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Neighbor
The American spelling of this word uses the e-i-g-h string followed by the o-r ending for the final sound.
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Pleasure
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Plesure
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Pleazure
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Pleasur
This word for enjoyment uses the ea vowel combination and ends with the standard suffix of u-r-e for clarity.
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Question
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Queshun
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Quention
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Quistion
Every student knows that the letter q must be followed by a u to form the start of this word.
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Remember
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Remmember
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Remimber
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Remembur
This three syllable word is spelled exactly as it sounds with the middle part containing only a single letter m.
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Strenght
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Strenthg
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Strength
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Strenth
Adding the silent letter g before the final t-h is the most important part of spelling this physical power word.
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Together
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Togethur
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Togather
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Toogether
You can remember this spelling by thinking of the three words to and get and her joined into one.
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Wheather
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Wether
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Weather
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Weathur
This word refers to the atmosphere and is distinct from the other version that starts with the letters w-h-e.
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Writing
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Writin
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Writting
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Writeing
When adding an ing suffix to the word write you must drop the final e and use only one t.
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Beautifull
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Beautiful
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Beatiful
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Beautyful
The tricky part of this word is the unusual e-a-u vowel sequence that starts the first syllable of the word.
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Journy
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Journey
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Joerney
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Jurney
A long trip is spelled with an o-u in the first syllable and ends with the common e-y combination.
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Villige
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Vilage
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Village
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Villidge
Small towns in the nineteenth century were called villages and required a double l and an age ending to spell.
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Morning
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Mornin
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Morining
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Moorning
This word for the start of the day is simple but requires the standard o-r sequence after the first letter.
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Afternoone
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Afternoon
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Afturnoon
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Afternoonn
Joining the word after with the word noon creates this long but simple word for the middle of the day.
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Evenning
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Evening
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Evenin
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Evning
The time of day before night is spelled with two e letters separated by a single v in the beginning.
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Frend
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Friend
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Freind
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Frind
The old rule says i before e except after c which helps you remember the order of the middle vowels.
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Familie
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Family
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Famly
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Familey
This word for your relatives ends with a single letter y and has a middle i that is often quiet.
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Shool
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School
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Skool
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Schoole
Classic education centers always use the s-c-h combination at the start to create the hard k sound for spelling.
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Techer
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Teachur
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Teecher
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Teacher
The person who leads the classroom is spelled with an e-a combination followed by the common e-r suffix ending.
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Lettur
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Lettre
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Leter
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Letter
Sending a message by mail requires a word with a double t in the middle and a final e-r ending.
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Answur
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Answer
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Annswer
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Anser
The silent letter w in this word is the most difficult part for young students to remember during a bee.
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Beleeve
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Believe
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Beleive
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Belive
The common rule of i before e applies here to help you get the middle of this word exactly right.
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Library
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Liberry
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Libery
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Librery
Many people forget the first letter r in this word because it is often not pronounced clearly by many speakers.
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February
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Februery
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Feburary
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Febuary
The second month of the year has a tricky first r that many people skip when they are speaking aloud.
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Address
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Addres
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Adress
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Addresse
Writing your location requires a word that has both a double d and a double s to be spelled correctly.
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Reciept
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Receit
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Receiptt
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Receipt
Receipt uses ei after the letter c which is the exception to the standard i before e rule.
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Accomodation
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Acommodation
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Accommodation
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Acomodation
The word accommodation requires two sets of double letters including both the letter c and the letter m.
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Phleghmatic
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Flegmatic
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Phlegmatic
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Plegmatic
This classic word for a calm temperament uses the Greek p-h and a silent g to create its unique spelling.
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Supersid
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Supercede
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Supersede
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Superseed
This is one of the few English words that ends in s-e-d-e instead of the more common c-e-d-e ending.
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Consiencious
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Conscientous
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Conscious
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Conscientious
This long word for being thorough contains the word science in the middle which helps you remember the correct letters.
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Hemorage
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Hemmorhage
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Hemmorage
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Hemorrhage
The Greek root of this medical term requires an h after the r and a double r in the middle.
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Miscellaneous
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Miscelaneous
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Miscelanous
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Miscellanious
This word for a variety of items is difficult because it uses a double l and ends with e-o-u-s.
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Ocurence
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Occurrence
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Occurrance
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Occurence
Spelling this word correctly requires a double c and a double r followed by the e-n-c-e suffix at the end.
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Silouette
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Sillhouette
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Silhouette
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Silhouete
This French loan word for a dark outline uses a silent h and ends with a double t.
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Daguerrotype
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Daguereotype
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Daguerreotype
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Daguerotype
This early form of photography is named after its inventor and requires a double r and a final letter e.
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Kaleidascope
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Kaledoscope
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Kalaidoscope
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Kaleidoscope
The name of this colorful toy uses the Greek roots for beautiful and form and features the unusual e-i sequence.
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Chandeleer
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Chandelier
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Shandelier
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Chandilier
This elegant light fixture uses a French spelling that ends with the i-e-r combination to produce the final sound.
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Ettiquette
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Etiquet
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Etiquete
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Etiquette
Proper social behavior is spelled with a single t at the start and a double t before the final e.
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Millennium
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Milennium
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Milenium
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Millenium
A period of one thousand years is spelled with a double l and a double n in the middle syllables.
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Liasion
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Liason
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Liaison
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Liaisson
This word for a connection is tricky because it has two i letters that surround the single letter a throughout.
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Maintainance
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Maintenance
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Maintenense
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Maintenanse
While it comes from the word maintain the spelling changes to include an e and an a in the suffix.
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Bureaucracy
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Beureacracy
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Bureaucrasy
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Burocracy
This word for government administration uses the French word for office which is spelled with the e-a-u vowel cluster.
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Picknicking
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Picnicking
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Picniking
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Picnicing
When you turn the noun picnic into a verb you must add a letter k before adding the suffix i-n-g.
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Playwrigt
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Playright
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Playwright
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Playwrite
A person who writes plays is called a wright which is an old term for a maker or a builder.
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Pointsettia
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Pointersettia
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Poinsetia
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Poinsettia
This festive winter plant is named after a diplomat and contains two i letters that are often forgotten when spelling.
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Renaissance
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Renaissence
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Renaisance
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Rennaisance
This word for rebirth is spelled with a single n and a double s to match its classic French origin.
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Sacriligious
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Sacreligious
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Sacralegious
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Sacrilegious
This word is not related to the word religion but rather to taking something sacred which explains its unique spelling.
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Threshhold
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Threashold
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Threshold
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Thresshold
Despite sounding like it might have two h letters in the middle this word is correctly spelled with only one.
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Twelfeth
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Twelfth
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Twelvth
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Twelth
The ordinal number for twelve is difficult because it requires the letter f before the final t and h letters.
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Embarras
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Embarass
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Embarrass
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Embarrass
Remember this spelling by knowing it is embarrassing to forget any of the double r or double s.
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Privilege
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Privelege
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Privledge
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Priviledge
This word for a special right uses the letter i in its first two syllables with no d.
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Rhythum
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Rhythm
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Rythm
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Rithm
This word for a beat is unusual because it contains no standard vowels and uses a central y.
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Vacume
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Vacuume
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Vaccum
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Vacuum
This is one of the very few words in the English language that uses a double u in its spelling.
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Tresurer
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Treasurer
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Treasuror
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Treasurur
This word for a keeper of funds traces back through Old French to the Greek word thesauros meaning storehouse.
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Onomatopia
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Onomatopoea
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Onamatopoeia
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Onomatopoeia
This word for sound imitation is hard to spell due to the long string of vowels at the end.
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Handkerchife
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Handkerchef
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Hankerchief
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Handkerchief
This small piece of cloth is spelled by combining the word hand with the word kerchief containing a d.
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