Common Spelling Errors and How to Avoid Them Identify and correct frequently misspelled words to improve your writing score.

🔴 Top 12 Common Spelling Errors in IELTS

❌ Incorrect	✅ Correct	📌 Tip to Remember
accomodation	accommodation	Double "c" and double "m"
definately	definitely	Ends with -ely, not -ately
enviroment	environment	Don’t forget the "n"
goverment	government	Think: govern + ment
seperate	separate	Always ends in -rate, not -rete
recieve	receive	“I before E except after C”
adress	address	Double “d” and “s”
occurance	occurrence	Double “c” and double “r”
sucess	success	Double “c” and “s”
arguement	argument	No "e" after "u"
embarassed	embarrassed	Double “r” and “s”
responsability	responsibility	Base word: responsible + ity

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✅ How to Avoid Spelling Mistakes

1. 📚 Create a Personal Error List

Every time you make a spelling mistake during practice, write it down and review it weekly.

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2. ✍️ Use Spelling Practice Apps

Try apps like:

• Grammarly

• Quizlet

• SpellingCity
  They help reinforce visual memory through repetition.

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3. 🔁 Practice Dictation

Listen to short IELTS recordings or TED Talks and write what you hear. Then check spelling.

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4. 🧠 Break Words Into Chunks

E.g.,
ac-com-mo-da-tion → 5 parts to remember the double letters.

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5. 📝 Proofread Backwards

Read each word from the end of your writing backward to isolate spelling from meaning.

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🎯 Final Tip:

In the IELTS Listening test, incorrect spelling = 0 marks, even if everything else is perfect. In Writing, repeated spelling mistakes lower your Lexical Resource and Accuracy scores.

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