100 MOST OFTEN MISSPELLED WORDS IN ENGLISH....

  • Manoeuver - Man, the price you pay for borrowing from French is high. This one goes back to French main + oeuvre "hand-work." 
  • Medieval - The medieval orthography of English even lays traps for you: everything about the MIDdle Ages is MEDieval or, as the British would write, mediaeval.
  • Memento - Why would something to remind of you of a moment be spelled "memento?" Well, it is.
  • Millennium - Here is another big word, large enough to hold two double consonants, double [l] and double [n].
  • Miniature - Since that [a] is seldom pronounced, it is seldom included in the spelling. This one is a "mini ature;" remember that.
  • Minuscule - Since something minuscule is smaller than a miniature, shouldn't they be spelled similarly? Less than cool, or "minus cule."

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