Word that I misspell no matter how many times I look it up

[kairos12]

Decicision.

Desciion.

F...

At least I can spell that. Maybe.

[Faux pas]

1. ...

mine is liscence or is it license?

[Scrivener7]

2. I still have to stop and think through the its/it's thing. Also hanged and hung.

I always hang up... get hung up...

I'm always stumped by that one.

Also, I can never spell embarassment. Which causes me embarrasment.

[XanaDUer2]

3. People are hanged, things hung

Also, stink vs stank. A professor told me its stank

[Scrivener7]

4. Ah, but I get hung up on details!

So "hung up" is a totally different animal...

[XanaDUer2]

5. Yup!

[kimbutgar]

6. Its (possession) and it is (it's)

[Karadeniz]

17. No possessive pronouns use an apostrophe... my, mine, your, our ours, their, theirs.

[Marthe48]

19. There's a joke

Did you hear the one about the plastic surgeon who hung himself?


I laugh as I make sure I'm writing correctly

[Polly Hennessey]

7. Believe and occasionally

[XanaDUer2]

8. Naieve nt

[IcyPeas]

27. Naive is Evian (the water brand) spelled backwards

[XanaDUer2]

28. Love it! Thanks! Nt

[keithbvadu2]

9. Every keyboard I've ever used miissspells.

[kairos12]

11. That's it.

[redwitch]

10. Hallelujah

Spellcheck or it ain’t happening.

[Diamond_Dog]

12. For me, it's "necessary"

Two c’s or two s’s??

Thank goodness for spellcheck!

[3catwoman3]

21. I made it into a chant, which solved the problem.

NE-CE-SSARY!

[Harker]

14. You spelled 'misspell' correctly.

Definately!

(Only meant to post once.)

[True Dough]

33. Definately

is a very commonly misspelled.

[Harker]

34. I see it very often.

I see 'misspelled' misspelled as 'mispelled' also.

[Wounded Bear]

15. Choice...

[multigraincracker]

16. If the reader understands the meaning, it is correct.

Multigrain Rules for Alternative Spelling.

[Upthevibe]

18. kairos12...............

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What trips me up is when to use "who" and when to use "whom." I haven't found a trick yet that will help me remember.

I also get "i.e." and "e.g." mixed up.

And then what bugs me is when people use "I" incorrectly.
For example:

People might say something like, "Tell Jennifer and I when you're ready to go." That's not correct. The trick for that is if you take Jennifer out of the sentence you wouldn't say, "Tell I when you're ready to go." You'd say "Tell me when you're ready to go." So, the correct way to say it is, "Tell Jennifer and when you're ready to go."

[3catwoman3]

22. This mystifies and irritates the hell out of me.

As you pointed out, no one ever gets it wrong in the singular - you never hear, "Me am going to the movies."

Even worse, I'm now hearing people make a possessive out of I - "John and I's vacation."

[yellowdogintexas]

26. actually it should be "Tell Jennifer and me when you are

ready to go"

I would use "us" it is much less trouble.

[Upthevibe]

30. yellowdogintexas............

Thank you!!! I just fixed it.....I think the point I'm really trying to make is you wouldn't say, "Tell I and Jennifer...."

[electric_blue68]

20. I'm almost an ok speller after being a bad one in my younger years...

In HS my parents bought me a "dictionary" of misspelled words with their correct spelling.

Only...

I was so bad I didn't misspell those words in the "usual', "typical" incorrect way! 😝


I do look words up to be sure. 👍

[Laffy Kat]

23. So many. The one I have to look up before I even try:

Hors d'oeuvres. Even after three years of French, I try my darndest to get away with appetizers instead.

[Conjuay]

24. I just anglicize it-

“oh look, horse ovaries “

[Laffy Kat]

25. Hahahahaha.

[ARPad95]

29. I really have to think about separate and desperate before I write them.

[yonder]

31. Me too with separate.

My trick is thinking of making more than what you started with so you have a PAir or PAre, as with a knife.

If you're slicing a pear, then all bets are off but you can say you ATE it afterward.

[yardwork]

32. Separate has a rat. My dad taught me that.

[GoodRaisin]

35. Resteraunt. Gets me every time.

Restraunt. Restrant.

Spell checks never know what word I’m trying to spell either.

Restaurant!