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- abberant (aberrant)
- abberation (aberration)
- abbrieviated (abbreviated)
- abbriviated (abbreviated)
- abbriviation (abbreviation)
- abcess (abscess)
- abd (and)
- aberation (aberration)
- aberrent (aberrant)
- abilites (abilities)
- abillity (ability)
- abilty (ability)
- abit of (a bit of)
- abnormalites (abnormalities)
- abondon (abandon)
- abondoned (abandoned)
- abortificant (abortifacient)
- abreviate (abbreviate)
- abreviation (abbreviation)
- abritrary (arbitrary)
- abscence (absence)
- absense (absence)
- absorbancy (absorbency)
- absorbant (absorbent)
- absorbsion (absorption)
- absorbtion (absorption)
- absorpsion (absorption)
- absoulte (absolute)
- abudance (abundance)
- abundacies (abundances)
- abundancies (abundances)
- abundence (abundance)
- abundent (abundant)
- abundunt (abundant)
- abutts (abuts)
- acadamy (academy)
- acadmic (academic)
- accadamy (academy)
- accademy (academy)
- accellerate (accelerate)
- accelleration (acceleration)
- accension (accession, ascension)
- acceptible (acceptable)
- accessable (accessible)
- accesed (accessed)
- accesories (accessories)
- accesory (accessory)
- accidentaly (accidentally)
- accidentially (accidentally)
- accidently (accidentally)
- acclimitization (acclimatization)
- accomadate (accommodate)
- accomadation (accommodation)
- accomodate (accommodate)
- accomodation (accommodation)
- accompaning (accompanying)
- accompanyed (accompanied)
- accordeon (accordion)
- accordian (accordion)
- accoring (according)
- accoustic (acoustic)
- accreditate (accredit)
- accros (across)
- accross (across)
- accussed (accused)
- acedemic (academic)
- acertain (ascertain)
- acess (access)
- acheive (achieve)
- acheived (achieved)
- acheivement (achievement)
- acheives (achieves)
- acheiving (achieving)
- acheivment (achievement)
- achievment (achievement)
- achive (achieve, archive)
- achived (achieved, archived)
- ackward (awkward, backward)
- acolade (accolade)
- acomplish (accomplish)
- acomplished (accomplished)
- acomplishment (accomplishment)
- acording (according)
- acordingly (accordingly)
- acquaintence (acquaintance)
- acquiantence (acquaintance)
- acquiantences (acquaintances)
- acquistion (acquisition)
- acquited (acquitted)
- acqusition (acquisition)
- activites (activities)
- actualy (actually)
- acuracy (accuracy)
- acustom (accustom)
- acustommed (accustomed)
- acutally (actually)
- ad nauseum (ad nauseam)
- adaption (adaptation) (acceptable variant)
- adaptions (adaptations) (acceptable variant)
- addional (additional)
- addionally (additionally)
- additinally (additionally)
- additionaly (additionally)
- addittion (addition)
- addmission (admission)
- addmitted (admitted)
- addopt (adopt)
- addopted (adopted)
- addoptive (adoptive)
- addres (address, adders)
- addresable (addressable)
- addresing (addressing)
- addtion (addition)
- adecuate (adequate)
- adhear (adhere)
- adhearence (adherence)
- adition (addition)
- aditional (additional)
- admendment (amendment)
- administartion (administration)
- adminstrate (administrate)
- adminstration (administration)
- adminstrative (administrative)
- adminstrator (administrator)
- admissability (admissibility)
- admissable (admissible)
- admited (admitted)
- admiting (admitting)
- admitt (admit)
- adn (and)
- adolecent (adolescent)
- adquire (acquire)
- adquiring (acquiring)
- adres (address)
- adresable (addressable)
- adresing (addressing)
- adress (address, Adress [German])
- adressable (addressable)
- adressing (addressing, dressing)
- advantagous (advantageous)
- advertisment (advertisement)
- advertisments (advertisements)
- adviced (advised)
- aeriel (aerial)
- aeriels (aerials)
- aeroplane (variant of airplane)
- affadavit (affidavit)
- afficionado (aficionado)
- affilate (affiliate)
- affilliate (affiliate)
- affort (afford, effort)
- affraid (afraid)
- affter (after)
- Afica (Africa)
- after-affect (after-effect)
- afteraffect (aftereffect)
- afterwhich (after which)
- afther (after)
- againnst (against)
- agains (against)
- againsts (against)
- ageing (variant of aging)
- aggitate (agitate)
- aggree (agree)
- aggreement (agreement)
- aggregious (egregious)
- aggresive (aggressive)
- agian (again)
- agina (again, angina)
- aginst (against)
- agravate (aggravate)
- agre (agree)
- agred (agreed)
- agregate (aggregate, agrégate)
- agregation (aggregation, agrégation)
- agreing (agreeing)
- agress (agrees)
- agression (aggression, Agression [band])
- agressive (aggressive)
- agressively (aggressively)
- agriculturalist (agriculturist) (acceptable variant)
- agriculturalists (agriculturists) (acceptable variant)
- agricultue (agriculture)
- agriculure (agriculture)
- agrieved (aggrieved)
- ahev (have)
- ahppen (happen)
- ahve (have)
- aiport (airport)
- airborn (airborne)
- airbourne (airborne)
- aircrafts (aircraft)
- airporta (airports)
- ajacent (adjacent)
- ajoin (adjoin)
- ajoining (adjoining)
- ajust (adjust)
- aka (a.k.a., AKA)
- a.k.a (a.k.a.)
- akward (awkward)
- albiet (albeit)
- alchohol (alcohol)
- alchoholic (alcoholic)
- alchol (alcohol)
- alcholic (alcoholic)
- alcohal (alcohol)
- alcoholical (alcoholic)
- aledge (allege)
- aledged (alleged)
- aledges (alleges)
- alege (allege)
- aleged (alleged)
- alegience (allegiance)
- algoritm (algorithm)
- algoritms (algorithms)
- allagory (allegory)
- allaince (alliance)
- alledge (allege)
- alledged (alleged)
- alledges (alleges)
- allegence (allegiance)
- allegience (allegiance)
- allign (align)
- allignment (alignment)
- alliviate (alleviate)
- allmost (almost)
- allong (along)
- allopone (allophone)
- allopones (allophones)
- alloted (allotted)
- alloting (allotting)
- allready (already)
- allright (all right, alright)
- allso (also)
- alltogether (altogether)
- allways (always)
- almsot (almost)
- alochol (alcohol)
- alomst (almost)
- alos (also)
- alot (a lot, allot)
- alot of (a lot of)
- alot more (a lot more)
- alotted (allotted)
- alotting (allotting)
- alow (allow)
- alreayd (already)
- alright (variant of all right)
- alse (also, else)
- alsot (also)
- alsways (always)
- Altanta (Atlanta)
- altenative (alternative)
- alterated (altered)
- alterpiece (altarpiece)
- altho (less common variant of although)
- althought (although)
- altough (although)
- aluminum (aluminium) (correct spelling in American English)
- alumnas (alumna [singular], alumnae [plural])
- alumnis (alumni [plural], alumnus [singular])
- alusion (allusion, illusion)
- aluvial (alluvial)
- alwasy (always)
- alwyas (always)
- amatuer (amateur)
- amature (armature, amateur)
- ambiance (ambience) (acceptable French-influenced variant)
- ambiant (ambient)
- ambience (ambiance) (acceptable variant)
- ambigious (ambiguous)
- Ameircan (American)
- amenites (amenities)
- Amercia (America)
- Amercian (American)
- amendmant (amendment)
- amke (make)
- amking (making)
- ammass (amass)
- ammend (amend)
- ammended (amended)
- ammendment (amendment)
- ammenity (amenity)
- ammount (amount)
- amnisty (amnesty)
- amongst (variant of among)
- amonst (among, amongst)
- amonth (a month, among, amongst)
- amoung (among)
- amoungst (amongst)
- ampitheater (amphitheater)
- ampitheatre (amphitheatre)
- ampoule (variant of ampule)
- amung (among)
- Anahiem (Anaheim)
- analagous (analogous)
- analitic (analytic)
- analogeous (analogous)
- analogue (analog) (correct spelling in British English)
- analyze (variant of analyse)
- anaylsis (analysis)
- anbd (and)
- ancester (ancestor)
- ancesteral (ancestral)
- ancilliary (ancillary)
- andd (and)
- androgenous (androgynous)
- androgeny (androgyny)
- anihilate (annihilate)
- anihilation (annihilation)
- aniversary (anniversary)
- ankel (ankle)
- annd (and)
- annexe (variant of annex [noun])
- annoint (anoint)
- annonce (announce)
- annoncement (announcement)
- annouce (announce)
- annouced (announced)
- annoucement (announcement)
- annualy (annually)
- annuled (annulled)
- anomolies (anomalies)
- anomolous (anomalous)
- anomoly (anomaly)
- anonimity (anonymity)
- anounce (announce)
- anouncement (announcement)
- ansalisation (nasalisation)
- ansalization (nasalization)
- Antartic (Antarctic)
- anthromorphization (anthropomorphization)
- anthropolgist (anthropologist)
- anthropolgy (anthropology)
- antiapartheid (anti-apartheid)
- antropology (anthropology)
- anual (anal, annual)
- anually (annually)
- anulled (annulled)
- anyhwere (anywhere)
- anytying (anything)
- anyways (informal for anyhow or anyway)
- Aoril (April)
- apalca (alpaca)
- apalled (appalled)
- aparatus (apparatus)
- aparent (apparent)
- aparently (apparently)
- apear (appear)
- apearance (appearance)
- apeared (appeared)
- apearing (appearing)
- Apenines (Apennines)
- Apirl (April)
- aplication (application)
- aplied (applied)
- apoint (appoint)
- apolegetics (apologetics)
- apoligise (apologise)
- apoligize (apologize)
- apologise (variant of apologize)
- apon (upon, apron)
- apparant (apparent)
- apparantly (apparently)
- appart (apart)
- appartmant (apartment)
- appartment (apartment)
- appealling (appealing, appalling)
- appearence (appearance)
- Appenines (Apennines)
- apperance (appearance)
- applicaiton (application)
- applicaitons (applications)
- applyed (applied)
- appologies (apologies)
- appologise (apologise)
- appologize (apologize)
- appology (apology)
- apporach (approach)
- appretiate (appreciate)
- apprieciate (appreciate)
- approachs (approaches)
- approch (approach)
- appropiate (appropriate)
- approximatley (approximately)
- approximatly (approximately)
- approximently (approximately)
- approximitely (approximately)
- april (April)
- aproach (approach)
- aprox. (approx.)
- aproximately (approximately)
- aproximation (approximation)
- aquaduct (aqueduct)
- aquaintance (acquaintance)
- aquainted (acquainted)
- aquarius (Aquarius)
- aquiantance (acquaintance)
- aquifier (aquifer)
- aquire (acquire)
- aquired (acquired)
- aquiring (acquiring)
- aquisition (acquisition)
- aquitted (acquitted)
- aranged (arranged)
- arangement (arrangement)
- arbitarily (arbitrarily)
- arbitary (arbitrary)
- arbouretum (arboretum, even in UK)
- archaoelogy (archaeology, archeology)
- archaology (archaeology, archeology)
- archeaologist (archeologist, archaeologist)
- archeaologists (archeologists, archaeologists)
- archetect (architect)
- archetects (architects)
- archetectural (architectural)
- archetecturally (architecturally)
- archetecture (architecture)
- archiac (archaic, Archiac [canton])
- archievement (achievement)
- Archimedian (Archimedean)
- architechture (architecture)
- architectual (architectural)
- archivement (achievement)
- archs (arches [plural])
- archtype (arch-type, archetype)
- ardour (variant of ardor) (correct spelling in British English)
- are'nt (are not, aren't)
- argubly (arguably)
- argueably (arguably)
- arguebly (arguably)
- arguement (argument)
- arial view (aerial view)
- ariel view (aerial view)
- aries (Aries)
- arised (arose)
- arival (a rival, arrival)
- arive (arrive)
- armour (correct spelling in British English) (armor)
- arn't (aren't)
- arrage (arrange)
- arragement (arrangement)
- arrangment (arrangement)
- arrengement (arrangement)
- arrengements (arrangements)
- arround (around)
- artefact (artifact) (acceptable variant)
- Artic Circle (Arctic Circle)
- Artic Ocean (Arctic Ocean)
- artical (article)
- artice (article)
- articel (article)
- artifical (artificial)
- artifically (artificially)
- artificialy (artificially)
- artilce (article)
- artillary (artillery)
- ascendancy (ascendency) (acceptable variant)
- asend (ascend)
- asetic (ascetic)
- ashphalt (asphalt)
- asign (assign)
- asimilate (assimilate)
- askes (asks)
- aslo (also)
- asociate (associate)
- asociated (associated)
- asociation (association)
- asorbed (absorbed)
- asperations (aspirations)
- assasin (assassin)
- assasinate (assassinate)
- assasinated (assassinated)
- assasinates (assassinates)
- assasination (assassination)
- assasinations (assassinations)
- assasins (assassins)
- asscoiate (associate)
- assemple (assemble)
- assertation (assertion)
- asside (aside)
- assimiliated (assimilated)
- assinate (assassinate)
- assination (assassination)
- assisstance (assistance)
- assitance (assistance)
- assitant (assistant)
- assocation (association)
- assoicate (associate)
- assoicated (associated)
- assoicates (associates)
- assualt (assault)
- assumme (assume)
- assymetric (asymmetric)
- assymetry (asymmetry)
- asterick (asterisk)
- asteriks (asterisk)
- asteriod (asteroid)
- asthetic (aesthetic, esthetic)
- asthetical (aesthetical, esthetical)
- asthetically (aesthetically, esthetically)
- astroid (astroid, asteroid)
- asume (assume)
- aswell (as well)
- atempt (attempt)
- athelete (athlete)
- atheletic (athletic)
- atheltic (athletic)
- Athenean (Athenian)
- Atheneans (Athenians)
- athiest (atheist)
- athlethe (athlete)
- athmosphere (atmosphere)
- athough (although)
- atitude (attitude, altitude)
- atleast (at least)
- atlethe (athlete)
- atomsphere (atmosphere)
- atractions (attractions)
- atribute (attribute)
- atributed (attributed)
- atributes (attributes)
- attacted (attracted, attached, attacked)
- attaction (attraction)
- attactive (attractive)
- attaindre (attainder, attained)
- attatch (attach)
- attemp (attempt)
- attemt (attempt)
- attemted (attempted)
- attemting (attempting)
- attendence (attendance)
- attendent (attendant)
- attendents (attendants)
- attened (attend, attended)
- attent (attend)
- attented (attended)
- attept (attempt)
- atthe (at the)
- attitide (attitude)
- attone (atone)
- attornies (attorneys)
- attorny (attorney)
- audeince (audience)
- audiance (audience)
- Augsut (August [month])
- auguat (August [month])
- Auguest (August [month])
- august (August [month])
- Augut (August [month])
- austrailia (Australia)
- australia (Australia)
- australian (Australian)
- Australiasia (Australasia)
- Ausust (August [month])
- auther (author)
- authobiographic (autobiographic)
- authobiography (autobiography)
- authorative (authoritative)
- authorise (variant of authorize)
- authorites (authorities)
- authoritive (authoritative)
- autochtonous (autochthonous)
- autoctonous (autochthonous)
- autor (author)
- autority (authority)
- auxillaries (auxiliaries)
- auxillary (auxiliary)
- auxilliaries (auxiliaries)
- auxilliary (auxiliary)
- availabe (available)
- availiable (available)
- availible (available)
- avalable (available)
- avalance (avalanche)
- avaliable (available)
- avalible (available)
- avation (aviation)
- averageed (averaged)
- averege (average)
- awarness (awareness)
- awsome (awesome)
- awya (away)
- axe (ax) (acceptable variant)