English Spelling Tricky Words

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• Acceptable adj back good a
• Accidentally ac adv intention...i without
• Accommodate ver fit in...give bed night
• Acquire ver i managed ac iphone
• Acquit ver jury a the
• Amateur noun pro a not
• Apparent ap adj obvious looks
• Argument noun strong disagreement a
• Absence ver noted a not
• Accrue verb lots debt a
• Annulment noun paper declares wedding void
• B verb atheists believe don't
• Boycott b verb israeli oranges
• Lots bounteous b adj are
• Buoyant b adj floats it
• Bankruptcy b noun ran money
• Calendar c noun dates all
• Category cat noun c both
• Changeable c adj weather england
• Collectible c adj star wars figures
• Column c noun add numbers
• Committed verb/adj c believer com
• Conscious c adj fully punch
• Consensus c noun reached majority
• Cancellation c noun train caused big delay
• Colleague c noun work he
• Boisterous b verb noisy full energy
• Complete completely c adj utter worn
• Appalling adj acting bad was
• Colloquial c adj common language vernacular
• Exaggerate e verb boast...over estimate
• Grievance g noun complaint to
• Possessive p adj clingy she
• Sumptuous s adj lots cumfy space
• Purgatory p noun heaven before
• Casserole c noun stew made oven
• Crescent c noun shape moon
• Daiquiri d noun mexican drink
• Definite d adj doubt definitely
• Discipline d verb training people obey rules"...."an area
• Drunkenness d noun state inebriation
• Dumbbell d noun barbell's brother
• Dilemma dil noun difficult choice
• Dissolution dis verb monarchy of
• Defendant d noun person prosecution questions
• Embarrass emb verb shame to
• Exceed e verb expected...to expectations
• E existence aliens proven the
• Occurrence o noun lifetime oc
• Invincible i adj unbeatable
• Gauge ga verb things tricky g properly
• G grateful adj/verb i was
• Guarantee g noun a10 year
• Harass verb i h he
• H hierarchy noun strict pecking order office
• Humorous h adj i find joke
• I ignorance noun thick level
• Independent i adj scotland should
• Indispensable ind adj i we
• Incomprehensible adj i understand totally
• Opportunity o noun i love
• Incompetence adj bad work showed level i
• Experience e noun/verb horrible it
• Im i quickly made decision
• Decision d noun choice make
• M mediaeval adj gonna ass
• Miniature m adj small scale model
• Millennium m noun period years
• Mischievous mis n/adj naughty
• Virility vir young full v
• Aggrieved ag felt cheated he
• Extravaganza ext...nza party e the
• Plagiarism pl researchers committed act p
• Unforgettable unf totally u experience
• Possession po i favorite p
• Fraudulent fr accounts fake the
• Ca catastrophe disaster total a
• Uncommitted uncom apathetic u project
• Mosaic m flor roman tile
• Metabolism m thin due high
• Innuendo double entendre in
• Despicable desp totally horrid de person
• Intelligentsia int member i clever
• Disappearance dis vanished i havent
• Malevolent ma evil spirit mal
• Separation sep marriage ended s
• Apparatus ap climbing helped cliff
• Epidermis ep top layer skin
• Potato p chips made are
• Abbreviation ab shortened form word
• Horoscope h reading starsign your
• Commemorate mark remembrance co to
• Controversial ref gave c penalty
• Sheriff sh s nottingham of
• Orienteering ori  "cross country race maps
• Cemetery ce  "where bury people
• Anonymity knew police gave total
• Aspirin  "for headache as
• Earring e i ear pierced wear
• Pessimistic p glass half full
• Committee mp chairman c equality
• Acquaintance friend a or just
• Comeuppance he'll co get his
• Exemplary e desplayed perfectly behaviour
• Lingerie li intimate apparel
• Nauseous n made feel sick
• Weather w rained week terrible
• Weird w strange he's and
• Vacuum va space v i hoover room
• Threshold edge limit ability...i crossed
• Tyranny ty lived yoke we
• Twelfth tw i guy eleventh place
• Scary sc frightening a little
• Sch schedule today pretty full things
• Supersede place line sup to
• Relevant fact r court case
• R receive harsh punishment he
• Restaurant r italian favourite place eat
• Reminiscent rem music r tune i wrote
• Rhythm rh delta play r blues
• Reference r i asked boss write good
• Ubiquitous u seemingly everywhere at
• Perjury pe lie court to
• Discernible dis d taste this
• Etiquette rules game et the
• Corduroy cor brown flaires made c
• Apartheid ap nelson mandella helped end
• Phlegmatic ph cold left snotty
• Poignancy po film sadness p
• Permissible p per anything goes
• Facsimilie fac copy a
• Biodegradable bio leave oustide rot...it's totally b
• Delirium d happy so he
• Desiccate d chop dry coconut
• Minuscule m extremely small school
• Coolly c----y composed unconcerned manner
• Irresistible i totally had to
• Puerile p stupid childish really
• Prerogative p change mind ladies
• Mannequin m dressmakers dummy a
• Eucalyptus eu leafs koala bears eat
• Culottes c womens trousers skirt
• Vivacious viv full beans of
• Gherkin g green veg/pickle big macs
• Renaissance r re-birth....leonardo's time the
• Penicillin p antibiotic discovered lexi fleming
• Sycophantic s overly nice sickening degree
• Heifer h young cow 1st calf
• Phenomenon ph p...the muppet theme tune
• Surveillance s monitoring behavior...he sur
• Beneficiary b person benefits the
• Satellite s sputnik was the
• Sacrilegious s speaks badly sacred
• S successful businessman he was
• D descendant monkey distant mine
• Inconceivable indispensable inconsiderate independence incomprehensible unthinkable thoughtless freedom
• Curmudgeon c grumpy man a
• Odoriferous o giving bad smell
• Fluorescence fl light tube the
• Psychedelic p late 60's music
• Ridiculous r stupid idea totally
• Pastime p chain shops sells things days
• Privilege p check your
• Occasionally o once in a
• Interference radio picking i in

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