Difficult Words to Spell

The way a word is pronounced often leads to many misunderstandings about the way it is spelled, and this problem is further compounded due to the clashing nature of American English and British English as well. The problem of misspelling words is something a lot of children may have to endure to, so they should be given the right guidance at the right time.

List of Difficult Words to Spell

There are different reasons behind the confusion in each of these words, and almost all these reasons stem from the manner in which the word is actually pronounced. Here you will find the correct spellings for the most commonly confused words in the English language.

Acceptable	Argument	Amateur	Accidentally	Atheist
Baccalaureate	Bureaucratic	Behavioral	Bivouacking	Bourgeoisie
Cemetery	Conscience	Conscious	Committed	Conscientious
Dumbbell	Drunkenness	Daiquiri	Desiccation	Dachshund
Embarrassment	Exhilarate	Existence	Etymology	Eavesdrop
Fiery	Facetious	Fuchsia	Finesse	Fluorescent
Gauge	Guillotine	Guerrilla	Grandiose	Grotesque
Hierarchy	Harass	Humorous	Hemorrhage	Heuristic
Inoculate	Indispensable	Idiosyncrasy	Illustrate	Illegitimate
Judgment	Jewelry	Jealousy	Jaguar	Journal
Kernel	Kaleidoscope	Knowledgeable	Kayak	Kiosk
Liaison	Lightning	Labyrinth	Legionnaire	Luscious
Maneuver	Misspell	Mischievous	Minuscule	Mayonnaise
Noticeable	Nauseous	Naivete	Niche	Notorious
Occurrence	Oblique	Oscillate	Obnoxious	Omniscience
Pronunciation	Privilege	Personnel	Perseverance	Playwright
Questionnaire	Quotient	Quizzes	Queue	Quiescent
Referred	Restaurant	Rendezvous	Reconnaissance	Repertoire
Schedule	Sergeant	Sacrilegious	Scaffolding	Sepulchral
Threshold	Twelfth	Teutonic	Trigonometric	Turquoise
Unanimous	Unduly	Ubiquitous	Umbilicus	Uxorial
Vacuum	Vaudeville	Vehemently	Vignette	Veterinarian
Wondrous	Withdrawal	Wherewithal	Whet	Writhe
Yacht	Yeoman	Yarmulke	Yolk	Yataghan
Zucchini	Zephyr	Zealot	Zoological	Zigadene

These were some of the most commonly seen difficult words to spell for kids, and there are plenty more such words as well. As we learn more about the English language, we will come across words like these. Spelling words correctly is something that can only be learned over time, and with a lot of reading. Since there are thousands of words in the English language, you will come across many such words on a regular basis, no matter how well read and well versed you are in the language.