| Rank | Top 10 Misspelled Words | Percent Who Misspelled |
| 1 | embarrass | 52 % |
| 2 | existence | 49 % |
| 3 | liaison | 43 % |
| 4 | perseverance | 43 % |
| 5 | privilege | 42 % |
| 6 | harass | 41 % |
| 7 | supersede | 39 % |
| 8 | occurrence | 38 % |
| 9 | acknowledgment | 36 % |
| 10 | forward | 35 % |
| Statisitcs were collected from a total of 264 respondents. Spelling responses were given orally with a time limit of 30 seconds to respond. |
| Other Commonly Misspelled Words | Percent Who Misspelled |
| acceptable | 22 % |
| accommodate | 27 % |
| acquire | 31 % |
| argument | 21 % |
| bellwether | 24 % |
| commitment | 26 % |
| conscience | 29 % |
| conscious | 32 % |
| consensus | 28 % |
| daiquiri | 33 % |
| deductible | 28 % |
| definitely | 22 % |
| dependent | 21% |
| gauge | 22 % |
| hierarchy | 24 % |
| inadvertent | 31 % |
| independent | 21 % |
| indispensable | 32 % |
| jewelry | 21 % |
| leisure | 24 % |
| license | 33 % |
| maintenance | 28 % |
| maneuver | 26 % |
| mischievous | 28 % |
| neighbor | 22 % |
| precede | 27 % |
| publicly | 30 % |
| receive | 21 % |
| receipt | 32 % |
| reference | 29 % |
| rhythm | 34 % |
| sergeant | 32 % |
| they're | 28 % |
| vacuum | 33 % |
| weather | 22 % |
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Date research was conducted: December 18, 2016
Top 10 Most Commonly Misspelled Words
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