Common Misspellings

Common Misspellings and the Correct Versions

No	This is wrong	This is what it should be…
1	mordernised	modernised
2	millenium/milennium	millennium (double L, double N)
3	potray	portray
4	enterpreneurs	entrepreneurs
5	convinient	convenient
6	undoubtly	undoubtedly
7	advertisments	advertisements
8	bussiness	business, businesses
9	curiousity	curiosity
10	opportunities	opportunities
11	pre-martial	pre-marital
12	visious	vicious
13	alot	a lot
14	dversince	ever since
15	althetes	athletes
16	avaliable,availble	available
17	definately	definitely
18	glamourous	glamorous
19	humourous	humorous
29	preserverance	perseverance
21	received	received
22	reknowned	renowned
23	maintainance	maintenance
24	occurrance	occurrence
26	myraid	myriad
26	degradetion	degradation
27	technolgy	technology
28	neccessities	necessities
29	neccessary	necessary
30	Intergration	integration
31	povertystricken	poverty-stricken
32	futher	further
33	heirachy	hierarchy
34	enviroment	environment

Words which are often confused with each other

1	slumps He always slumps in his chair when he is too tired to sit up straight.	slums The poor have no choice but to live in slums
2	co-operate Let’s co-operate and work together.	corporate The hike in corporate taxes is worrying companies.
3	extend Shall we extend our lunch hour?	extent I agree with this statement to a large extent
4	this (singular) This apple is sweet.	these (plural) These apples are sweet.
5	spend (present tense)	spent (past tense)
6	economic Exploiting the poor for economic gains is unethical.	economical (thrifty, cost-saving) The most economical way to travel to Kuala Lumpur is by bus.
7	woman (singular)	women (plural)
8	attain (to reach)	obtain (to acquire)
9	aid Poor countries require foreign aid or Aid is given to developing nations.	aids
10	dependent Singapore is still largely dependent on Malaysia for water.	dependant The boy is a dependant of his mother.
11	criterion (singular)	criteria (plural)
12	phenomenon (singular)	phenomena (plural)

Words that do not exist in the plural form

	Those in bold are wrong; correct versions are in brackets
1	Technologys (Technology has) have benefited Man
2	We obtain Informations (information) from the Internet
3	They have many offsprings (offspring)
4	Our throw-away culture has generated lots of wastes (waste)
5	The equipments (equipment) in the gym are new
6	Researches have (Research has) shown that smoking is bad for our health.

Other comments:

§ Use a definite article (the) or indefinite article (a/an)for the following:

- A majority or The majority

- The United Kingdom

- The United States

- The United Nations

- The Internet

§ There are no such words as “deprove”, “deproving” and“deprovement”.