Commonly Misspelled Words in IELTS Writing Task 2
To achieve your target scores for your IELTS Writing, you need to avoid costly typos. In fact, some words are more commonly misspelled when typing, so if you choose to use a keyboard for the writing test, it is important to develop correct muscle memory for these frequently misspelled words.
🔥 Feel free to grab a keyboard and build the correct muscle memory for these words before exam day! 🔥
| 📚 Academic Vocabulary | ❌ | 🧠 Opinion & Essay Words | ❌ |
|---|---|---|---|
| environment | enviroment | argument | arguement |
| government | goverment | opinion | oppinion |
| development | developement | benefit | benifit |
| education | educaton | disadvantage | disadvatage |
| technology | technlogy | solution | soluton |
| society | socitey | reason | reson |
| important | importent | example | exmaple |
| different | diffrent | ||
| necessary | neccesary / necesary | ||
| 🌍 Topic-Based Words | ❌ | ⚠️ Tricky Double Letters | ❌ |
| pollution | polution | recommend | recomend |
| traffic | trafic | accommodation | acommodation |
| transportation | tranportation | successful | succesful |
| globalization | globalisation* | address | adress |
| communication | communcation | opportunity | oportunity |
| advertisement | advertisment |
*“globalisation” is correct in British English, while “globalization” is correct in American English. Be consistent throughout your essay.