Memory Tricks for Commonly Misspelled Words

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Ah...spelling!  For some it comes easy and for others it may as well be a foreign language.  Remember how to spell commonly misspelled words with these easy memory techniques.

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-ABLE 

These words are commonly misspelled with an 'I' instead of an 'A,' as in 'acceptible.' How can you remember the correct spelling of these?
  • acceptable - commonly misspelled as acceptible
    Remember that you must accept the table.
    Accept + table = acceptable with an a

Adding LY 

  • accidentally - commonly misspelled as accidently
    Remember that my tally was wrong by accident.
    accident + tally = accidentally

Turning IE into YING 

lie - lying

die - dying

Double Letters 

Many words that have double letters, and multiple sets thereof, are commonly misspelled.
  • accommodate
    Remember to acCOMmodate both guests. (accent on COM)
    Both = two, two C's, two M's
  • embarrass
    Remember when you both danced on the bar?
    both/bar = two r's for barr
  • committed - commonly misspelled commited
    I'm comMITTed to playing baseball with you.
    two Ts in baseball mitt = two Ts in commiTTed

Which ending? 

  • accordion - commonly misspelled accordian
    According to the lion, I can't spell accordion.
    Accord + lion (-l) = accordion with an o

I and E 

Is it I before E except after C, when it sounds like an A, or in height?
  • believe - commonly misspelled as beleive
    I believe you are telling a lie.
    lie is in beLIEve

A, not E 

  • calendar - commonly misspelled as calender
    Calendars show you the days
    da in day = da in calenDAr

E, not A 

  • category - commonly misspelled as catagory
    EEEEEEEw, it's gory!
    E + gory = catEGORY
  • cemetery - commonly misspelled as cemetary
    EEEEEEEEEK, the cemetary is all creepy!
    E = all Es in cemetEry

-IBLE 

  • collectible - commonly misspelled as collectable
    Your collectibles do NOT belong on the table!
    not table = tible for collecTIBLE

They're, There, and Their 

they're - contraction for "they are"
Hey, they're in the hay mound.
hey + t 're = they're

there - meaning location
Do you want it here or there?
here = location, add the t for there

their - showing ownership of a group
The heirs got their new thrones today.
heirs = a group, add t to heir for their

To and Too 

too - means also, in addition
Me toooooo *whine*
Drag out the oooooo to remember two oos in too

Your and You're 

your - shows ownership, belonging to you
Why, our house is your house.
Our house (belonging to us) is your house (belonging to you)
Why = y + our = your

you're - contraction for "you are"
You're red in the face.
re from red goes at the end of you

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