What are some words that you misspell, and no matter how hard you try to imbed it into your memory, you still butcher them every time?  ;D

I might get them right, I might get them wrong.  I'm a pretty good speller but I have a hard time nailing these two:

renaisance
(aw crap, I can't remember what the other one was!  I had it a second ago....darn  :-\\)

Well, there's one anyway.  I'll come back with the other when it comes back to me  ::)

Definately - Definitely

Chocolate is one of them for me. I always put Chocalate.

I used to spell "t-h-e" as "t-e-h", but now I seem to spell it "h-t-e"  :-[

I always have troubles spelling Ballistic, but it's not really a word I would use often, unless I was talking about that movie with Antonio Banderas ;D

Definately - Definitely



;D I was just coming in here to post that.

renaisance


I NEVER get that one right.


Definately - Definitely


I do that too!!!

Most of my errors are due to the fact that I'm a lazy typist.  I always manage to botch up maintenence (is that right?)

Definately - Definitely


I used to do that too - until I took note of it.

Anything with a double 'll' , double 'r' or double 't' - like parallel. I used to spell 'ancient' as 'aincient' alot. I spell 'psychedelic' like 'psychadelic.' 'Rythm.' - is that how you spell it? Lots of others.

Midieval (?)
Pieces/Piece

Midieval (?)
Pieces/Piece


Always!!!!

Midieval (?)
Pieces/Piece


I used to not now how to spell 'Medieval' as well. Also weird/wierd, those sort of words.

;D Too funny..

I also should join the " I can never use an apostrophe right" club.  ;D

;D Too funny..

I also should join the " I can never use an apostrophe right" club.  ;D


and me, the semi-colon abuse club.

and me, the semi-colon abuse club.


Exactly!  ;D

and me, the semi-colon abuse club.


I finally learned to use a semi-colon correctly when I taught language arts in middle school as a substitute teacher.  If you want to learn something, teach it.

vociferous. 


It's a crapshoot everytime I use the word whether or not I'll spell it right.  And "renaissance" is French for "rebirth" as "naissance" means "birth".

Miscellaneous
(I think that's correct, but I can't always get there)

;D Too funny..

I also should join the " I can never use an apostrophe right" club.  ;D


Perhaps you should read this and this

another that might make useful reading here

'Received' I used to have that written out on a post-it which was attached to my work pc !

I'm miles better at punctuation now, I was *completely* useless. I always forget new paragraphs, commas etc...........

thier, geuss, and wierd....and yes I know they're spelled wrong  ::)

vociferous. 





   LOL!! Yeah, me too...I use that word all the time...!

   Prone to misspell words where the "i" goes before "e" except after "c" (and I have to repeat that to myself...)

When typing quickly the word could is type as colud and field becomes filed. The typed as t-e-h always catches me out.

restraunt/restaurant  I always screw that one up  :-[

The word wrong is always spelt wrong

which is it...


smelled; smelt
spelled; spelt

which is it...


smelled; smelt
spelled; spelt




I've just checked in a dictionary because I was sure.  Apparently either version is acceptable

rhythm

rythm


It looks wrong any way I do it and it's a really stupid word for a musician to not be able to spell  :-\\

I don't have this problem, but

Martial vs. Marshall

...is a big pet peeve of mine. 

Martial:  Of, or having to do with Mars, specifically, Mars in  his role as th God of War. 
Marshal: (verb) To bring a bunch of folks together.  (noun) In most military systems, one of the highest miliary ranks, e.g. Field Marshal, the guy whose job it was to position all his forces on the field of battle.
Marshall:  A general who came up with a pretty cool idea to rebuild Europe after WW2.

To wit:

Marshall Plan:  The Marshall Plan was a plan by which the United States would secure the loyalties of the generally bombed-to-a-frazzle people of Western Europe by providing them with the sort of help it would take to rebuild their society. 

Martial Law:  Law under warfare.  Traditionally implies things like the suspension of the rule of law and its replacement by the absolute authority (whim :) of the police and/or military.  If wearing a uniform means you're immune from prosecution, congratulations -- you're on the winning side of martial law.  Go on, blow away that schmck who's annoying you!  (And if not wearing a uniform means you can be shot by a uniform-wearer for no reason -- it sucks to be you, because you're on the losing side of martial law.  Get a uniform or leave the country :)

Marshal Law:  And if you ever write the words "Marshal law" when you mean "Martial Law", I'm going to scream "NO!  WRONG!  TOTALLY WRONG!  Where'd you learn this?  Stop doing it!".

Speaking of which, another denizen of the Foo Bar Peeve Ranch... the misuse of the apostrophe.

http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif

When I'm elected emperor, I shall  invoke martial law, and people who say "marshall law" or "marshal law" when they mean "martial law" will be shot.  People who abuse the apostrophe will merely be abused. 

'Received' I used to have that written out on a post-it which was attached to my work pc !



I'm with Gis, I have a lot of trouble with that one

I notice that a lot of people on boards I frequent have a problem with "Definitely" - it appears a lot as "Definately"

I'm with Gis, I have a lot of trouble with that one

I notice that a lot of people on boards I frequent have a problem with "Definitely" - it appears a lot as "Definately"
Definitely, 'i' before 'e' except after 'c', barring several other words like society.

Okasionally  ocassionelly  ocassionaly  occassionally  ocassionally

Okasionally  ocassionelly  ocassionaly  occassionally  ocassionally


Aw...good one.  I think it's "occasionally" but I'm laughing at myself because since you laid them all out in a list there....they all look wrong!

Today I was thinking of one:  bureau.  I think that's right but I often start out with "beaureau" and then have to rework it.

desparate...desperate

:-X :-\\

february

I always manage to botch up maintenence (is that right?)


It is spelt "maintenance".

As for the topic title, it is "misspell".

As for words I constantly spell wrong, "surprise" is at the top of the list. I almost always leave the first r out.


Definitely, 'i' before 'e' except after 'c', barring several other words like society.


There is a more complete rule for I before E, yet I cannot remember how it goes. Words like caffeine and eight are exceptions too.

"I before E except after C, or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh."

There is a more complete rule for I before E, yet I cannot remember how it goes. Words like caffeine and eight are exceptions too.



Eight sounds like weigh, which is in the rule.

Wiether is the worse spell of weather I have seen!

All of the above.  ;D


Receive, resteraunt, definately, guarantee

And I'm sure I have misspelled them again.



Cat

All of the above.  ;D


Receive, resteraunt, definately, guarantee

And I'm sure I have misspelled them again.



Cat


Receive and guarantee are correct. It's restaurant and definitely.

Bureau.  I think that's right but I always start writing beaureau.

How do you spell "beauracracy" -- is that right?

Bureau.  I think that's right but I always start writing beaureau.

How do you spell "beauracracy" -- is that right?




Bureacracy.

Bureaucracy.

Bureaucracy.



Funny, I looked it up on Bartleby's using the spelling I gave and it gave me back the definition.

Strange, it doesn't do the same for me. Sorry, SM. *grins and remains quiet*

As for me, I nowadays use Google toolbar for everything I enter online, so there will no longer be any spelling mitsakes..


Funny, I looked it up on Bartleby's using the spelling I gave and it gave me back the definition.

Funny, I looked it up on Bartleby's using the spelling I gave and it gave me back the definition.


Okay so....it's "bureau" and "bureau-cracy"  You'd think I could remember that!

ugh....this is  such a long list. and what's silly is i can't spell them, and i'm going to type them now so you can see i can't spell.

any LY or LEY confusion...like
lonely
solely...i am never sure if i need an  'e' or not...or if i do if it goes before or after the 'L"

and
anything with aeu.....three vowel combinations like..
(here we go!)
manaeuver
pastuerization
(i think i got them right)
oh...mideaval
and ..liaison

ugh....this is  such a long list. and what's silly is i can't spell them, and i'm going to type them now so you can see i can't spell.

any LY or LEY confusion...like
lonely
solely...i am never sure if i need an  'e' or not...or if i do if it goes before or after the 'L"

and
anything with aeu.....three vowel combinations like..
(here we go!)
manaeuver
pastuerization
(i think i got them right)
oh...mideaval
and ..liaison


Here's what I think: 

You're correct on lonely, solely and liaison.
I have NO IDEA how to spell the rest.  I've always hated those too.  HELP.

That would be American English spelling maneuver (British spelling, which is a landmine of vowels, dang Greeks.. is manoeuvre), pasteurization (which without the patented Oxford Z is pasteurisation), medieval (variant spelling mediaeval or medi