What’s Your Achilles Heel in Spelling?
Keep a list of words you frequently misspell. This will save you trying to remember, agonising, or having to stop and consult a dictionary or the internet.
You might find your own “Achilles heel” words among those in this list:
Aberrant
abhorrent
Absence
abscess
abridgment
abundance
accede
accelerator
accessible
Accommodate
acknowledgment
Acquainted
Acquittal
Adaptable
Adherence
administrator
admissible
admittance
adolescent
adversary
Advertisement
Adviser / advisor
aeon
aerial
Aggravate
Aging
Agriculturist
allege
Align
alignment
Amiable
Analyse
angular
annex
apparent
apprehensible
All right
Amateur
Antecedent
Arbitrary
arbitrator
Archaeology
Arcing
Artefact
Ascendant
Assassination
assessor
Attendance
Arable
auditor
Auxiliary
baggage
baroque
Beginning
beige
Believe
Besiege
bettor
Blatant
Boulder
Bylaw
Calendar
calibre
campaign
canyon
capricious
carcass
catalogue
centenary
changeable
chauvinist
cipher
coercible
coercion
cognisant
coherence
coherent
commendable
Committee
comparable
Comprehensible
Concede
conceit
Concurrence
Concurrent
Confectioner
confectionery
confessor
consistency
Consistent
Connectible
Contemptible
contemporary
contingent
Convalescent
convalescence
convertible
conscientious
Conscious
contemptible
Convenient
conversant
correctable
Correspondence
Corollary
Cortege
counseller
Countenance
Covenant
creditor
crescent
Criticise
Debarkation
debtor
Deductible
Decadent
deceit
Defence
Deflection
deign
demarcation
demeanour
demonstrable
Dependent / dependant
Deplorable
depositor
Descend
Descendant
desirable
Desperate
Detectable
Dextrous
Difference
Diffident
Diffidence
Digestion
Digestible
Dike
Diligence
Diligent
Disappoint
Disc
disintegrate
Dispensable
disseminate
Dissidence
Dissident
Dissipate
Dissuade
Distiller
distillery
distributor
Divorcee
Dormant
Doubter
dowager
drainage
dredger
driver
drover
dumbfound
duplicator
eccentric
economiser
efface
effector
effeminate
effrontery
egregious
ejector
elaborator
electrifier
emasculate
emperor
emulate
emulator
endurance
elegance
eligible
Embarrass
Embed
Empanel
encage
Enforceable
Enclose
Enclosure
Encyclopaedia
Endorse
Engrain
Enquire
enquirer
enquiry
entrench
enviable
Environment
equaliser
Equipped
Equivocal
eraser
errant
escalator
ester
estimable
estimator
estuary
ether
evacuee
evaporator
evasive
evince
exacerbate
Exaggerate
Excavator
execrator
Excellent
Excise
excoriate
excusable
exemplary
exhaustible
exhibitor
existence
exonerate
Expedient
expositor
Explicable
exemplary
Extensible
extenuate
Extravagance
exuberant
Fallible
farcical
feasible
feign
feint
filibuster
fiord
flammable
flexion
flexor
flippant
floatage
Foreign
Formidable
Freight
fruiterer
Fulfil
Fullness
fumigator
Furore
Fusillade
galvaniser
Gasoline
Gauge
Gauging
Gelatine
Geyser
Girder
Governor
Gradient
gram
grammar
Grievance
guerrilla
Guidance
Haberdashery
hazardous
heinous
Hindrance
Holistic
honorary
humidifier
humorous
igniter
imbiber
imitator
impeller
impersonator
imposter
impale
imperil
implacable
impostor
impregnable
inalienable
inaugurator
incendiary
incinerator
incisor
incubator
indefensible
indelible
independent
inductor
inflammation
inflammable
inflator
inflection
inflictor
infirmary
inhabiter
inheritor
inhibitor
inheritance
innovator
insoluble
inscrutable
install
instigator
integrate
integration
integrator
intercede
interceptor
interlocutor
interrogator
intransigent
intelligible
intercede
intermittent
instigator
inventor
inverter
invincible
iridescent
irrefutable
Irresistible
irrevocable
Irritable
jocular
judgement
jugular
Justifiable
Kerosene
lacquer
lamentable
languor
lascivious
lecher
lecturer
ledger
legible
legislator
leveller
licenser
lieutenant
liquor
Loath
localiser
Lodgement
luscious
Maintenance
malefactor
malicious
Malleable
Manageable
Mandarin
Manoeuvre
Marauder
massacre
masticate
Medieval
mediocre
mercenary
Mileage
Milliner
millinery
misalliance
Mischievous
misdemeanour
Misstatement
momentous
monetary
mortise
murderous
Navigable
necessary
negligible
neighbour
neuter
nonplussed
noticeable
nucleus
nuisance
obeisance
obligator
objector
obliger
observant
observance
obstructor
Occasion
Occurred
Occurrence
ocular
Omitted
omniscient
oneself
opacity
oppressor
Opulent
Opulence
Oracular
Orator
oscillator
ostensibly
oxidiser
Parallel
parishioner
parochial
participator
partisan
Peaceable
Pedlar
Pendant
penetrable
Penitent
penitence
percolator
perforator
perjurer
perpetrator
perceive
Perfectible
Perilous
permanence
Permanent
Permissible
Persistence
personable
Personnel
Pertinent
Pertinence
Pewter
Philanderer
Phosphor
Pillar
planetary
plasticiser
Plausible
Plough
polariser
possess
posterior
potable
Precede
Precedent
Precedence
Precipitator
Precursor
predecessor
predictable
Prejudice
Prestidigitator
Prevaricator
Privilege
probationer
Procedure
Processer (person)
Processor (machine)
proffer
Proficient
Proficiency
prolocutor
Prominent
Prominence
promulgator
Pronunciation
Propagator
propeller
proprietary
proprietor
proselytiser
provender
pulveriser
purchaser
purser
Pyjamas
quartet
Radiant
Radiance
rancour
Recede
receipt
receivable
receive
Recommend
reconnoitre
recurrence
Recurrent
Reducible
Reference
Reflection
Reign
remediable
remembrance
reparable
repellent
Repetition
Replaceable
replete
reprehensible
resident
residence
residency
respirator
resplendent
restaurant
resuscitate
reveller
reverent
reverence
revocable
revolutionary
rigger (installs or attends to rigging)
rigour (diligence)
rigorous
riotous
Rhythm
Rotator
rotor
Route
Routing
Rudimentary
sabre
Sacrilege
Salver (silver tray)
Salvor (one who salvages)
sculptor
Secateurs
secular
sedentary
Seize
separable
Separate
Separation
separator
sergeant
Serviceable
Severance
similar
Siphon
Siren
Skein
slanderous
socks
sombre
sorcerer
spectator
spectre
speculator
sponsor
squalor
stabiliser
stationer
Stimulant
Story
Storey
Storeys
Storeyed
subscriber
Subsistent
Subsistence
Successor
Suitor
sulphur
superintendent
supernumerary
supersede
supervisor
supinator
suppressible
suppressor
surveillance
surveyor
susceptible
suspicion
sustenance
sylvan
syrup
tangible
temporal
temporary
tenant
tenancy
tenor
testator
tormentor
torturer
tractable
traitor
transactor
transducer
transgressor
transistor
translator
transmitter
traveller
tremor
trespasser
tributary
trivial
tuba (musical instrument)
tuber (botanical)
tubular
tutor
undulator
untenable
upholsterer
vagary
vector
veil
vendor
venerator
ventilator
veritable
vernacular
vigorous
vindicator
violent
violence
violator
viscera
visible
volcanic
volcanology
vulgar
waiver
wayfarer
wharf
wharves
wholesome
withhold
