Frequently Misspelled Words 6

This quiz offers 10 words that are easy to say but surprisingly hard to spell, each tied to a short clue.

You could get certainly, careful, or chain of command and need to spell the word it stands for.

The classic trap here is definitely, so often written as "definately." The fix is to spot the word finite sitting right inside it. Once you see finite, the vowels fall into place and the wrong version stops looking right. It turns up in writing constantly, which is why getting it right makes a noticeable difference.

Recommended level: intermediate.