What are the most common spelling errors

[LovelyYellowLabrador]

I’ve only learnt Some as an adult like there or their

You’re yours

It’s supersede, not supercede.

Discrete and discreet are both words, but they mean different things.

I can't bare it
Alot
Brought instead of bought when referring to something you have bought
Chester draws
Draws
Chest of draws
Defiantly instead of definitely
Perthetic
Aksing / aks instead of ask.
She borrowed me fifty bucks. It's loaned or I borrowed.
Babs instead of babes.
I pacifically said. Instead of specifically.
WE ordered desert instead of dessert.
Ect instead of etc.

Separate, which is often spelt seperate.

Diahoerra is a comment spelling mistake

It is free rein and rein it in.

Reign is what the queen does.

"Allowed/aloud"
Omg i see this several times a day on one Facebook group and it drives me crazy.
Sometimes,i think that they must doubt themselves as theyve read it so many times incorrectly !

Necessary always gets me.

But most common ones I think are:

They’re there their
And confusing of with off, as in “I have the day of”

@Zazdar

License/licence. I have no idea which is which. Or how to remember.

A licence. To license. Like practice and practise.

Advice and advise are often mixed up, despite them not sounding the same.

Also, the ones with an ‘s’ are verbs; the ones with a ‘c’ are nouns. E.g. I practise piano. I need to do my piano practice.

Oh also breaks instead of brakes. “This car/bike has good breaks”

No one. How hard is it to tap the space bar?

The way to remember the advice/advise, licence/license, practice/practise, etc, words is that if it takes a c it is a noun and if it takes an s it is a verb. Therefore you give advice, but advise a person.

Oops. Cross posted.

curb for kerb

Conscious
Conscience

I think thats the words i mean

@Lonelycrab

Oh also breaks instead of brakes. “This car/bike has good breaks”

Isnt it brakes?

Women and woman are often misused on here.

Yes, it’s brakes.

Never Eat Crab, Eat Salmon Sandwiches And Remain Young is a mnemonic for necessary.

Around the turn of the year 2000 century milestone - it was correctly described sometimes as "the millennium" but more often than not as "the milennium" or the millenium"

Does .... dose! Drives me nuts as my husband always spells it wrong!

Complement and compliment are often confused. Complimentary drinks.... but the cheese is served with a complementary wine.

Isnt it brakes?

Yes, my example was of the wrong way to spell it, that’s not clear from my post though

A car has brakes.
If you drop a glass it breaks.

Angel 😇 or angle
Principal or principle
Personal or personnel

Main ones for me

Came to say no one. Noone is just ridiculous. I can read past incorrect they/they're/their, you're/your, NOONE annoys me.

My ds cracked me up the other week when he spelt kept as 'kepted'.

I mean following the rules of past tense he isn't totally wrong. But the kid cannot spell for toffee and all attempts to teach him have failed.

On social media there is a lot of "Devine" for "divine".