1. Homonyms & frequently misspelled words
PROPER SPELLING
Homonyms
& frequently misspelled
words

2. Definitions Misspell - to spell incorrectly.
Homonyms - one of two or more words spelled and pronounced alike but different in meaning (as the noun quail and the verb quail)
Proof - something that induces certainty or establishes validity
Proofread - to read and mark corrections in

3. Most Common Misspelled words
A:  absence, accidentally, accommodation, according, ache, again, against, aisle, allegory, almost, always, although, ancient, airplane, aging, agonize, apologize
B:  beautiful, beginning, believe, body, build, business
C:  calendar, consensus, cemetery, coolly, confidence, criticize, 
D:  defendant, disappoint, drunkenness, despair, distance, disguise, difference, describe, decided, double, divide, dilemma, disappear, 
E:  easiness, exceed, 
F: famous, finish, forest, familiar, from, form,
G:  guest, guarantee, guilty, government, guardian, gauge, 
H: halve, happened, here, hear, height, high,
I:  illegible, indispensable, information, interest, imagine, immediately, independent, instead, irresistible, 
J:  judgment, juice, 
K: knowledge, 
L:  liquefy, a lot, language, listen, league, 
M: maintenance, month, mountain, machine, measure, meant, merchandise, memorandum, 
N:  necessary, neither, nighttime
O:  occurrence, occasion, 
P:  pastime, paragraph, period, phrase, possible, preferred, pressure, prominent, purchase, purpose, pursue, 
Q: quite, quiet, queue, questionnaire
R:  recommend, receive, region, remember, receipt, reference
S: separate, soldier, sugar, sure, sergeant, says, several, similar, sincerely
T:  tyranny, thousands, temperature, thorough, tomorrow, theater, to, two, too, there, their, they're, truly, tournament
U: unfortunately, until, usually, unanimous, unforgettable
V: vacuum, variety, various, vary, vehicle, vicious, village, villain, 
W:  wear, where, we're, weird
Y: yacht, yield
Z:  zucchini

4. Homonyms accept: take (verb).
I will accept the call. Please accept my shoe.
except: other than (preposition).
Everyone except him. I like it except the love scene.
affect: alter (verb).
This affects the weather. You affect me.
effect: alteration (noun).
It’s all special effects. You have an effect on me.

5. Homonyms discreet: unrevealing; keeping a secret (adjective).
I’d be in the slammer now if those nuns weren’t so discreet.
discrete: separate; non-continuous (adjective).
I’m learning discrete math. On and off are discrete states.
hole: a gap; a pit (noun).
I need it like another hole in my head. Dig a hole.
holly: the spiny shrub Ilex aquifolium; a name (noun).
Deck the halls with boughs of holly. How very Holly Golightly.
holy: sacred (adjective).
Holy cow! Is this the holy emerald eye of the swamp god?
whole and wholly: complete; in one piece (adjective).
I’m sick of the whole album. This is wholly unnecessary

6. Homonyms it’s: it is (contraction).
It’s hot in here. It’s a long way to Brazil.
its: of it (possessive). I like its scales. Are you its organizer?
right: correct; the opposite of left (adjective).
That’s right. Turn right at the signal.
rite: ritual or ceremony (noun).
It was a rite of passage. I like Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”.
wright: build; create (verb).
She’s a shipwright? She’s a playwright.
write: make words (verb).
Will you write me a letter? I’ll write it down.

7. Homonyms The most common get it’s own page!
they’re: they are (contraction).
They’re leaving. They’re nice people.
their: of them (possessive).
Carry their bags. Their cat is hairy.
there: that place (noun).
Put them there. I’m going there tomorrow.

8. Homonyms to: toward; with the intention of (preposition).
I’m going to eat. I’m going to Camp.
too: as well; overly (adverb).
I want a pony, too. It’s not too expensive.
two: 2 (noun).
I’d like two ponies. There are two reasons.

9. Homonyms who’s: who is (contraction). Who’s on first? Who’s that?
whose: of whom (possessive).
Whose bike is that? You know whose cat did it?
you’re: you are (contraction).
You’re right. If you’re there, answer.
your: of you (possessive).
I like your shoes. Your aunt is calling

10. Proofreading Proofreading Procedures
1. Inch thought you draft deliberately, moving your finger along slowly under each and every word.
2. Look for errors in grammar, then sentence errors, and problems with punctuation and mechanics.
3. Repeat step one.
4. Be alert for problems that have plagued you in the past.

11. Proofreading
The most important thing about proofreading in this new and modern age is all word processing programs do not catch all misused and misspelled words.

12. Proofreading
To the last item. Spell check on MS Word has an abundance of slang and modern terms. I.e.. tat- slang for tattoo, not a word.
Do not forget to use your dictionary!

13. Work Cited
Common misspelled words . Study Guides and Stragaeis.
June 2008
Common Homophones. < 11 June 2008