35 Words PR Pros Often Misspell

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By: PR Daily

This week, I set out to answer a simple question: What are the most difficult words to spell in the English language?

I quickly discovered that I should re-frame the question: What are the most difficult, commonly used words in the English language?

There are plenty of obscure, impossible-to-spell words. These are words used at national spelling bees, such as stichomythia or succedaneum. However, when was the last time you used “succedaneum” in a press release?

Below is a collection of commonplace words that people misspell the most, based on a consensus from online dictionaries (Oxford Dictionaries, Merriam-Webster and Wordnik), writing websites (Purdue Online Writing Lab and Plainlanguage.gov) and PR Daily articles:

1. Accommodate

2. Acquiesce

3. Baccalaureate

4. Bourgeois

5. Calisthenics

6. Camaraderie

7. Carnivorous

8. Collectible

9. Copacetic

10. Desiccate

11. Dietitian

12. Harebrained