The 25 most commonly misspelled words

  • 2jranch
    Arcadia, WI
    Posts: 851
    January 2, 2009 at 5:09 am #733231

    I got 23 of 25, and the 2 I missed really threw me……I had to dust off the old dictionary to try to prove the test was wrong………but the test was right. #20 and #24 were my downfall.

    June

    Brian Robinson
    central Neb
    Posts: 3914
    January 2, 2009 at 1:10 pm #733245

    Wow, I won’t post how I did….really thought I’d do better!

    Richard V.
    Somewhere over the rainbow
    Posts: 2596
    January 2, 2009 at 1:18 pm #733250

    Quote:

    Wow, I won’t post how I did….really thought I’d do better!


    Chicken
    At least you could lie about it

    Richard V.
    Somewhere over the rainbow
    Posts: 2596
    January 2, 2009 at 1:21 pm #733253

    Quote:

    I got 23 of 25, and the 2 I missed really threw me……I had to dust off the old dictionary to try to prove the test was wrong………but the test was right. #20 and #24 were my downfall.

    June


    Outstanding June
    Are you sure you didn’t use spell checker

    riverfan
    MN
    Posts: 1531
    January 2, 2009 at 1:46 pm #733261

    Only 25 words….it’s several hundred for me. I won’t even take the test!

    John

    jp_mason
    Onalaska, WI
    Posts: 128
    January 2, 2009 at 1:58 pm #733264

    I was happy with this even though I failed

    Your quiz results
    Your score is: 9 points out of a possible 25
    That is 36 % — Fail

    2jranch
    Arcadia, WI
    Posts: 851
    January 2, 2009 at 2:22 pm #733267

    Quote:

    Quote:

    I got 23 of 25, and the 2 I missed really threw me……I had to dust off the old dictionary to try to prove the test was wrong………but the test was right. #20 and #24 were my downfall.

    June


    Outstanding June
    Are you sure you didn’t use spell checker

    Nope, words come easy to me, around our house, and the kids, I AM the spell checker. I did find on a few of them, that when given more options it actually makes you second guess your first instinct. On a couple of them, I did scribble the word on a scrap of paper to see what my first instinctive spelling would be, then that’s what I went with….it’s like when someone asks you for a phone number, you can dial it without thinking, but to say it leaves you in a senior moment.
    June

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22552
    January 2, 2009 at 2:28 pm #733271

    elevan….pooor….

    bgi G

    DSchuh
    Golden, CO
    Posts: 110
    January 2, 2009 at 2:29 pm #733272

    14 out of 25. Interesting test, I wonder what the national avg would be!!!?? Probably too scary to really want to know.

    jldii
    Posts: 2294
    January 2, 2009 at 3:09 pm #733279

    I better go back to grade school!

    outdoors4life
    Stillwater, MN
    Posts: 1500
    January 2, 2009 at 3:29 pm #733288

    8 I fail!!!

    That is why I use firefox!

    Brian Hoffies
    Land of 10,000 taxes, potholes & the politically correct.
    Posts: 6843
    January 2, 2009 at 4:40 pm #733318

    Umm, 12 out of 25, FAILED!!

    Surprised me I thought I did better.

    My question is…………. how can “I don’t know” be a choice? If you don’t know shouldn’t you just guess?

    jd318
    NE Nebraska
    Posts: 757
    January 2, 2009 at 4:57 pm #733322

    21 out of 25. I agree that after seeing other “options” you start to second guess yourself.

    Dave G
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 631
    January 2, 2009 at 5:32 pm #733342

    Me tok da speling tst an did knot due vry goood. Butt it OKay as me aint kneed spl’n skls whn fsh’n.

    riveratt
    Central Wisconsin US-of-A
    Posts: 1464
    January 2, 2009 at 7:24 pm #733365

    Try it this way guys. Take the test but before submitting also write the same words out. I did much better writing them out than the NINE I got right taking the test. More than twice as good in fact.

    John Schultz
    Inactive
    Portage, WI
    Posts: 3309
    January 2, 2009 at 8:18 pm #733370

    21 out of 25. Better than I thought I did.

    haywardbound
    New Brighton, MN
    Posts: 1107
    January 2, 2009 at 9:51 pm #733379

    That gave me a flash back to High School tests.

    FAIL.

    lenny_jamison
    Bay City , WI
    Posts: 4001
    January 3, 2009 at 12:19 am #733415

    16 here. That was tough.

    mrwalleye
    MN
    Posts: 974
    January 3, 2009 at 12:22 am #733416

    All I can Say is thank god for spell check

    Pat Howard
    Sparta Wi
    Posts: 1523
    February 3, 2010 at 10:57 pm #839430

    13 spelling sucks

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22552
    February 4, 2010 at 12:21 am #839446

    I got smarter…they added 2 more also, 19 out of 27

    big G

    Trev
    Battle Lake, MN
    Posts: 975
    February 4, 2010 at 12:32 am #839448

    Failed – 14. Guess I should have done less of in college…

    wkw
    Posts: 730
    February 4, 2010 at 12:37 am #839451

    18 out of 27. The -ence or -ance got me.
    WKW

    Bassn Dan
    Posts: 981
    February 4, 2010 at 12:47 am #839455

    I had 17 out of 27 for a “fair” score.

    Guess it’s a good thing they don’t require a written exam for a fishing license!

    Dan

    bosman
    DeSoto, WI
    Posts: 914
    February 4, 2010 at 1:27 am #839475

    Quote:

    My question is…………. how can “I don’t know” be a choice? If you don’t know shouldn’t you just guess?

    DIDO or is it DITTO

    blue-fleck
    Dresbach, MN
    Posts: 7872
    February 4, 2010 at 1:31 am #839478

    First time I’ve felt smart all day….

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