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What is a typical spelling mistake you make?

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    For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.

    • loose vs. lose
    • then vs. than
    • were vs. where
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    In english a lot. Not just because i am dislexic, but also french stemming words are a nightmare

    "Litterly" is one i have still no idea how to spell. Or wether, not meaning the weather as in sun and run but the one for implying choice

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    • G [email protected]

      For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.

      • loose vs. lose
      • then vs. than
      • were vs. where
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      #47

      english instructors, were so anal with the words "act and acts" in writing a paper. or cellular and celluar.

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      • P [email protected]

        More a typo than a spelling mistake but if a word ends in ‘th’, my brain cannot stop adding an ‘e’.

        • withe
        • bothe
        • mythe
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        #48

        So you're just a time traveler from the 1200s. NBD.

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        • H [email protected]

          Viscous vs vicious.

          It’s a viscous cycle.

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          Sounds like a sticky situation.

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          • G [email protected]

            For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.

            • loose vs. lose
            • then vs. than
            • were vs. where
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            embarrassed to admit I mix up which and witch, and have misspelled both as wich on occasion

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            • goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zoneG [email protected]

              In english a lot. Not just because i am dislexic, but also french stemming words are a nightmare

              "Litterly" is one i have still no idea how to spell. Or wether, not meaning the weather as in sun and run but the one for implying choice

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              #51

              Literally and whether.

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              • G [email protected]

                For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.

                • loose vs. lose
                • then vs. than
                • were vs. where
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                recieve vs. receive

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                • G [email protected]

                  For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.

                  • loose vs. lose
                  • then vs. than
                  • were vs. where
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                  Diahhrheoea

                  Or whatever it is.

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                  • kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksK [email protected]

                    recieve vs. receive

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                    This one's easy, remember reecee, so it's rEcEive.

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                    • sanguinepar@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

                      Sounds like a sticky situation.

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                      Or slippery situation, depends on how viscous.

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                      • T [email protected]

                        This one's easy, remember reecee, so it's rEcEive.

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                        #56

                        I just try to keep the mnemonic "I before E except after C" ^[1]^ in my brain.

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                        1. Type: Definition (Webpage). Title: "receive". Publisher: "Merriam-Webster". Accessed: 2025-09-19T07:04Z. URI: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/receive.
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                        • kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksK [email protected]

                          I just try to keep the mnemonic "I before E except after C" ^[1]^ in my brain.

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                          1. Type: Definition (Webpage). Title: "receive". Publisher: "Merriam-Webster". Accessed: 2025-09-19T07:04Z. URI: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/receive.
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                          Don't follow those stupid rules, there are so many exceptions not even sure how that shit got coined. Welcome to English

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                            Don't follow those stupid rules, there are so many exceptions not even sure how that shit got coined. Welcome to English

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                            Do you mind referencing some of the exceptions that you have in mind to the aforementioned rule?

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                            • inkstainthebat@pawb.socialI [email protected]

                              embarrassed to admit I mix up which and witch, and have misspelled both as wich on occasion

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                              Nothing to be embarrassed about. I can assure you I am worse at spelling.

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