21 words that might be making you look dumb at work

21 words that might be making you look dumb at work21 words that might be making you look dumb at workSo youre rushing to send out an end-of-day summary email to your boss, but instead of reading through it yourself and hunting for errors - or even using the good ol Spell Check feature - you just click Send to get it over with already.Immediately following, pangs of nervousness start to set in as you click your Sent folder and re-read it only to realize its littered with spelling mistakes.Ugh.Youre not alone The Oxford English Dictionary compiled a list of frequently misspelled words based on the Oxford English Corpus, which is a digital collection featuring more than two tausend milliarden English words. It allowsus to trace the way the language is being used in the real world, plus where people go wrong with it the most frequently.Here are just a few of the English words people seem to have the most trouble with, plus a memorization trickrecommended by the folks at Oxford.Have a ny of these words sabotaged your work emails?Here are some words from Oxfords list that may (or may not) have shown up in your business communication over email.AchieveOxford says people are spelling this as acheive.Notice that the i is supposed to come before the e here, as Oxford pointed out in its spelling advice column.BusinessThis is often spelled as buisness. The dictionary hints that it starts with busi-.ColleagueThis is commonly spelled as collegue, so Oxford emphasizes that theres an -ea- in the middle.CommitteePeople often lose the second t, accidentally spelling this as commitee. Oxford cautions that its ersatzdarsteller m, double t, double e.DefinitelyAn a works its way into this word as people spell it like this definately. Oxford says to remember that its -ite-instead of ate-.EmbarrassPeople often lose the second r, spelling this as embarass. Oxford says both r and s are supposed to show up twice.ForeseeableThe sneaky first e is often left out of this word, as its spel led like forseeable. The dictionary says it starts with fore-.GistSo how do you think people spelling this word? Jist.Oxford points out that the word actually starts with g- - you get the gist.HonoraryA u is often included here- this is being spelled like honourary, so Oxford says to remember that theres a -nor- in the middle.IncidentallyThis is commonly spelled as incidently, but Oxford reminds us that this ends with -ally.KnowledgeThe d often gets lost, as its often spelled like knowlege. All the dictionary had to say in terms of advice welches remember the d.Liaise, liaisonThis is commonly spelled as liase or liason, so Oxford says its remember the second i liais-.Millennium, millenniaPeople spell this without including the n twice- as millenium, millenia. Oxford says that there are two of the letter l and two of the letter n.NecessaryPeople tend to add a c, spelling this like neccessary. Oxford reminds us that theres one c, two ss.OccasionThis is spelled incorrectly in multip le ways, as ocassion, occassion. Oxford says to include two cs, one s.Preferred, preferringThese words are commonly spelled without the right number of rs, like prefered, prefering. Oxford says that the letter r occurs twice in each.ReceiveThe i and e are in the wrong places here recieve. Oxford says its actually e before i.I before e, except after c,you know where this is going- remember the elementary school rhyme?SeparatePeople commonly spell this as seperate. Oxford reminds us that there is a -par- in the middle.TomorrowPeople tend to spell this liketommorow or tommorrow, but the dictionary says it has one m, two rs.UnfortunatelyPeople tend to forget about the e here unfortunatly. As the dictionary points out, it actually ends with -ely.WhichThe h is often dropped, as this is commonly spelled like wich. Oxford points out that it actually starts with wh-.This article first published on November 6, 2017.21 words that might be making you look dumb at workSo youre rushing to send o ut an end-of-day summary email to your boss, but instead of reading through it yourself and hunting for errors - or even using the good ol Spell Check feature - you just click Send to get it over with already.Immediately following, pangs of nervousness start to set in as you click your Sent folder and re-read it only to realize its littered with spelling mistakes.Ugh.Youre not alone The Oxford English Dictionary compiled a list of frequently misspelled words based on the Oxford English Corpus, which is a digital collection featuring more than 2 billion English words. It allowsus to trace the way the language is being used in the real world, plus where people go wrong with it the most frequently.Here are just a few of the English words people seem to have the most trouble with, plus a memorization trickrecommended by the folks at Oxford.Have any of these words sabotaged your work emails?Here are some words from Oxfords list that may (or may not) have shown up in your business commu nication over email.AchieveOxford says people are spelling this as acheive.Notice that the i is supposed to come before the e here, as Oxford pointed out in its spelling advice column.BusinessThis is often spelled as buisness. The dictionary hints that it starts with busi-.ColleagueThis is commonly spelled as collegue, so Oxford emphasizes that theres an -ea- in the middle.CommitteePeople often lose the second t, accidentally spelling this as commitee. Oxford cautions that its double m, double t, double e.DefinitelyAn a works its way into this word as people spell it like this definately. Oxford says to remember that its -ite-instead of ate-.EmbarrassPeople often lose the second r, spelling this as embarass. Oxford says both r and s are supposed to show up twice.ForeseeableThe sneaky first e is often left out of this word, as its spelled like forseeable. The dictionary says it starts with fore-.GistSo how do you think people spelling this word? Jist.Oxford points out that the word a ctually starts with g- - you get the gist.HonoraryA u is often included here- this is being spelled like honourary, so Oxford says to remember that theres a -nor- in the middle.IncidentallyThis is commonly spelled as incidently, but Oxford reminds us that this ends with -ally.KnowledgeThe d often gets lost, as its often spelled like knowlege. All the dictionary had to say in terms of advice was remember the d.Liaise, liaisonThis is commonly spelled as liase or liason, so Oxford says its remember the second i liais-.Millennium, millenniaPeople spell this without including the n twice- as millenium, millenia. Oxford says that there are two of the letter l and two of the letter n.NecessaryPeople tend to add a c, spelling this like neccessary. Oxford reminds us that theres one c, two ss.OccasionThis is spelled incorrectly in multiple ways, as ocassion, occassion. Oxford says to include two cs, one s.Preferred, preferringThese words are commonly spelled without the right number of rs, like prefered, prefering. Oxford says that the letter r occurs twice in each.ReceiveThe i and e are in the wrong places here recieve. Oxford says its actually e before i.I before e, except after c,you know where this is going- remember the elementary school rhyme?SeparatePeople commonly spell this as seperate. Oxford reminds us that there is a -par- in the middle.TomorrowPeople tend to spell this liketommorow or tommorrow, but the dictionary says it has one m, two rs.UnfortunatelyPeople tend to forget about the e here unfortunatly. As the dictionary points out, it actually ends with -ely.WhichThe h is often dropped, as this is commonly spelled like wich. Oxford points out that it actually starts with wh-.