{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/la-misspelled-common-1",
 "id": "la-misspelled-common-1",
 "title": "Commonly Misspelled Words (Set 1)",
 "category": "language-arts",
 "subject": "English",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "Words many people spell wrong, each with a tip for getting it right.",
 "tags": [
  "spelling",
  "misspelled"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Word",
 "backLabel": "Spelling tip",
 "cards": [
  [
   "separate",
   "There is \"a rat\" in sep-a-rate"
  ],
  [
   "definitely",
   "There is \"finite\" inside definitely"
  ],
  [
   "necessary",
   "One collar (c) and two sleeves (ss)"
  ],
  [
   "receive",
   "I before E except after C"
  ],
  [
   "believe",
   "Never believe a lie: there is a \"lie\" in believe"
  ],
  [
   "friend",
   "A friend is there to the end: fri-END"
  ],
  [
   "February",
   "Remember the first r: Feb-RU-ary"
  ],
  [
   "Wednesday",
   "Say it Wed-nes-day to remember the d"
  ],
  [
   "library",
   "Lib-RAR-y: the first r counts"
  ],
  [
   "beautiful",
   "Starts with beau (as in French beauty), then tiful"
  ],
  [
   "because",
   "Big elephants can always understand small elephants"
  ],
  [
   "calendar",
   "Ends in -ar, not -er"
  ],
  [
   "different",
   "Three syllables in writing: diff-er-ent"
  ],
  [
   "embarrass",
   "Two r's and two s's"
  ],
  [
   "environment",
   "Don't forget the n before the m: environ-ment"
  ],
  [
   "government",
   "Remember the n: govern-ment"
  ],
  [
   "height",
   "Ends with -ght, not -th"
  ],
  [
   "interesting",
   "Spelled int-er-est-ing"
  ],
  [
   "knowledge",
   "Starts with a silent k and has a d: know-ledge"
  ],
  [
   "license",
   "Ends in -ense (in the US)"
  ],
  [
   "lightning",
   "No e in the middle: light-ning for the flash in the sky"
  ],
  [
   "maintenance",
   "Main + ten + ance"
  ],
  [
   "neighbor",
   "Neighbor ends in -bor, with eigh"
  ],
  [
   "occasion",
   "Two c's and one s"
  ],
  [
   "occurred",
   "Two c's and two r's"
  ],
  [
   "personnel",
   "Two n's and one l"
  ],
  [
   "possession",
   "Two s's twice: poss-ess-ion"
  ],
  [
   "privilege",
   "No d: priv-i-lege"
  ],
  [
   "pronunciation",
   "The verb is pronounce, but this noun drops the o: pro-NUN-ciation"
  ],
  [
   "publicly",
   "Not publically"
  ],
  [
   "reference",
   "Refer + ence"
  ],
  [
   "restaurant",
   "Rest + au + rant"
  ],
  [
   "rhythm",
   "Rhythm Helps Your Two Hips Move"
  ],
  [
   "schedule",
   "Starts with sch"
  ],
  [
   "sincerely",
   "Spelled sin-cere-ly, keep the e"
  ],
  [
   "success",
   "Two c's and two s's"
  ],
  [
   "surprise",
   "Remember the first r: su-r-prise"
  ],
  [
   "tomorrow",
   "One m and two r's"
  ],
  [
   "truly",
   "Drop the e before -ly"
  ],
  [
   "until",
   "Only one l at the end"
  ],
  [
   "weird",
   "An exception: weird breaks the I before E rule"
  ],
  [
   "which",
   "Starts with wh"
  ],
  [
   "writing",
   "One t: write drops its e"
  ],
  [
   "accommodate",
   "Two c's and two m's: big enough for both"
  ],
  [
   "across",
   "Only one c"
  ],
  [
   "address",
   "Two d's and two s's"
  ],
  [
   "argument",
   "Drop the e from argue: argu-ment"
  ],
  [
   "athlete",
   "Three syllables: ath-lete, no extra e"
  ],
  [
   "basically",
   "Ends in -ally"
  ],
  [
   "bicycle",
   "Spelled bi-cy-cle"
  ],
  [
   "business",
   "Business has \"bus\" at the start, and \"ness\""
  ],
  [
   "caught",
   "Rhymes with taught: aught is a common ending"
  ],
  [
   "cemetery",
   "Ends in -ery, with all e's"
  ],
  [
   "chocolate",
   "Write all three syllables: choc-o-late"
  ],
  [
   "column",
   "Silent n at the end"
  ],
  [
   "comfortable",
   "Spelled com-fort-able"
  ],
  [
   "conscience",
   "Con-science"
  ],
  [
   "dessert",
   "Two s's: you want more of it"
  ],
  [
   "disappoint",
   "One s and two p's"
  ],
  [
   "exercise",
   "Ends with -cise"
  ],
  [
   "familiar",
   "Ends in -iar"
  ],
  [
   "fourth",
   "Four + th, so it keeps the u"
  ],
  [
   "generally",
   "Gener-al-ly"
  ],
  [
   "grammar",
   "Ends in -ar"
  ],
  [
   "guard",
   "Silent u"
  ],
  [
   "guess",
   "Silent u"
  ],
  [
   "harass",
   "One r and two s's"
  ],
  [
   "immediately",
   "Immediate + ly, keep the e"
  ],
  [
   "independent",
   "Ends in -ent"
  ],
  [
   "jewelry",
   "Jewel + ry"
  ],
  [
   "judgment",
   "Drop the e: judg-ment"
  ],
  [
   "laboratory",
   "Lab-or-a-tor-y"
  ],
  [
   "leisure",
   "Rule exception: e before i"
  ],
  [
   "millennium",
   "Two l's and two n's"
  ],
  [
   "mischievous",
   "Mis-chie-vous: only three syllables, no extra i"
  ],
  [
   "misspell",
   "Two s's: mis + spell"
  ],
  [
   "noticeable",
   "Keep the e before able"
  ],
  [
   "parallel",
   "Para-LL-el: the two l's are parallel"
  ],
  [
   "parliament",
   "Parlia + ment, with an i"
  ],
  [
   "perseverance",
   "Ends in -ance"
  ],
  [
   "pursue",
   "Pur-sue"
  ],
  [
   "questionnaire",
   "Two n's"
  ],
  [
   "recommend",
   "One c and two m's"
  ],
  [
   "relevant",
   "Rel-e-vant"
  ],
  [
   "responsibility",
   "Ends in -ility"
  ],
  [
   "sergeant",
   "Sounds like SAR-jent but is spelled with an e: ser-geant"
  ],
  [
   "similar",
   "Ends in -ar"
  ],
  [
   "special",
   "Ends in -cial"
  ],
  [
   "strength",
   "Strength has a g and a th"
  ],
  [
   "temperature",
   "Temper-a-ture: say it with four syllables"
  ],
  [
   "unnecessary",
   "Un + necessary: both n's"
  ],
  [
   "vacuum",
   "Two u's together"
  ],
  [
   "vegetable",
   "Spelled veg-e-ta-ble"
  ],
  [
   "village",
   "Ends in -age"
  ]
 ]
}