A Military Writer's Handbook
Words
Commonly Misspelled Words
A        
a lot abbreviate abhor absence absorption
absurd abundance abysmal academic accede
acceptable accessible accidentally accommodate accompany
accomplish accumulate achievement acknowledge acquaint
acquaintance acquire acquittal additionally address
aggravate allotted altogether amateur analysis
analyze annual apology apparatus apparently
appearance appreciate appropriate Arctic armoury
arrange artillery ascend associate athlete
attendance attorney attrition audience authority
auxiliary awkward      
         
B        
bachelor balance barbarous bargain basically
basis beginning behaviour belief beneficial
boundary brilliant Britain bulletin bureau
bureaucracy burial business    
         
C        
cafeteria calendar camouflage candidate canister
carburetor career Caribbean category cemetery
certain challenge changeable character chief
choose chose cigarette climbed clothes
collectible colonel column coming commission
commit committee comparative competitive completely
comptroller compulsory concede conceivable concentrate
conference conqueror conscience conscientious conscious
consensus controlled controversial correspondence counselor
courteous criticize curiosity curriculum cylindrical
         
D        
dealt deceive decision defendant defense
definite dependent descend descendant describe
description despair desperate develop dictionary
difference dilemma dining disappearance disappoint
disastrous disciple discipline disease dispensable
dissatisfied dissipate doctor dominant dormitory
drunkenness        
         
E        
easily ecstasy effect efficient eighth
eligible eliminate embarrass eminent emperor
encouraging enemy enthusiastic enthusiastic entirely
entrance environment equipped equivalent erroneous
especially exaggerate exceed excellence exceptionally
exhaust exhilarate existence exorbitant expense
experience extraordinary extremely    
         
F        
facsimile fallacy familiar fascinate feasible
February fictitious forcibly foreign foresee
forfeit forty fourth frantically friend
fuelling fulfill fundamental    
         
G        
gauge genealogy generally ghost government
governor grammar grievous guarantee guard
guardian guerrilla guidance    
         
H        
harass height hemorrhage hereditary heroes
hesitancy hindrance humorous hungrily hypocrisy
hypothesis        
         
I        
illiterate imaginary imitation immediately impromptu
incendiary incidentally incredible indefinitely independence
indispensable inevitable infinite ingenious initiation
inoculate intellectual intelligence interference interpretation
interrupt iridescent irrelevant irresistible island
         
J        
jealousy jeopardy judicial    
         
K        
knowledge        
         
L        
laboratory legitimate leisure liaison lieutenant
lightning literature loneliness loose lose
luxury        
         
M        
magazine maintain maintenance manageable manoeuvre
marriage marshal maybe meant medicine
medieval memento millennium miniature mirror
miscellaneous mischievous missile misspell moccasin
morale mortgage muscle mysterious  
         
N        
naturally necessary necessity negotiation neighbor
nevertheless niece ninety ninth noticeable
nowadays nuclear nuisance    
         
O        
obedience obligation obstacle occasionally occurred
occurrence official omission omitted operate
opinion opponent opportunity oppression optimistic
ordinance ordinarily ordnance orient original
outrageous overrun      
         
P        
pamphlet parallel paralyze particular pastime
peaceable peculiar peer penetrate perceive
performance permanent permissible permitted perseverance
persistence personal personnel perspiration phenomenon
Philippines physically physician picnicking pitiful
playwright pleasant possess possibility possible
potato potatoes practically prairie precede
precedence predominant preference preferred prejudice
preparation prescription prevalent primitive principal
principle privilege procedure proceed professor
prominent pronounce pronunciation prophesy psychology
publicly pursue      
         
Q        
quarantine query questionnaire quiet quite
quizzes        
         
R        
realistically realize recede receipt receive
recognize recommend reconnaissance recurred reference
referred relevant relief religious remembrance
reminisce reminiscence Renaissance repetition representative
resemblance reservoir resistance restaurant rhythm
ridiculous roommate      
         
S        
sacrifice salary sandwich satellite scary
scenery schedule secede secretary seize
sentence separate sergeant several severely
shepherd siege similar simile simultaneous
sincerely soliloquy sophomore souvenir special
species specifically specimen spontaneous stationary
stationery statistics strategy strength strenuous
strict stubbornness subordinate subtle subtly
succeed sufficient supersede suppress surely
surprise surround susceptible suspicious syllable
symmetrical synonymous      
         
T        
tangible tariff technical technique temperament
temperature tendency tentative themselves theories
therefore thorough through (not thru) till (no ') tomorrow
tournament tragedy transferred tries truly
twelfth tyranny      
         
U        
unanimous undoubtedly unforgettable unique unnecessary
usable usage usually utilization  
         
V        
vacuum valuable variety vegetable vengeance
versus veteran vigilant villain violence
virtue visible vision volume vulnerable
         
W        
warrant warrior weather Wednesday weird
whale wherever whether wholly withdrawal
worthwhile wreak writing written  
         
Y        
yacht yield