Can you spell better than a third grader?

Can you spell better than a third grader?

Chances are—if you have a computer, word processor or if you are a habitual cell phone texter—you can’t. If you rely heavily on technology to proofread your work, you might even spell worse than a third grader (unless, of course, you actually are one).

Here is a list of a few words that today’s spellchecker can’t check for you:

Commonly misspelled/misused words:
Accept vs. Except
Access vs. Assess vs. Excess
Affect vs. Effect
Again vs. A gain
Allot vs. A lot
Capital vs. Capitol
Desert vs. Dessert
Know vs. Now
Lesson vs. Lessen
Local vs. Locale
Moose vs. Mousse vs. Moss vs. Mouse
Medal vs. Metal vs. Mettle
Persecute vs. Prosecute
Poses vs. Posses vs. Possess
Preferred vs. Proffered
Principal vs. Principle
Right vs. Rite vs. Write vs. Wright
Smelled vs. Smelt
Spelt vs. Spelled
Steed vs. Stead
Then vs. Than
Through vs. Thorough vs. Throw vs. Threw vs. Thru
Versus vs. Verses
Whip vs. Wipe

Check back later for a more expanded list of commonly misspelled words.

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