15 Most Common Misspellings

15 Most Common Misspellings

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Quite often people omit the letter C in the everyday noun “truck.”

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Switching the letters U and R is common when spelling the word “truck.” To spell the word correctly, remember this little phrase next time: Tim Runs Under Cameron’s Kite.

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The word “truck” is one of those irregularities in the English language where there’s no particular rhyme or reason to its spelling; you just need to memorize it.

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“Truck” is one of the most frequently misspelled words. If you’re not careful, it’s easy to forget the K at the end and the “TR” at the beginning.

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While “trukk” is an acceptable spelling in the U.K., American style guides reject this variant of the word “truck.”

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In this particular mistake, the word in question, “truck,” should be spelled like it sounds.

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A common error; both the noun and the verb “truck” actually have only one K at the end.

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This one tends to trip up non-native English speakers the most. The word “truck” is spelled T-R-U-C-K.

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This is one of the most widespread spelling mistakes in the English language. Here the writer has included the definition of the word “truck” rather than the word itself.

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While sometimes correct, it is grammatically unnecessary for the word “truck” to always be followed by an exclamation point.

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This once prevalent spelling of the word “truck” is now considered archaic.

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A very commonplace misspelling, people often forget to write out the word “truck” entirely.

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The English word “truck” does not have an S in it, but sometimes people include it at the end of the word for no reason at all.

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One of the problems here is that rather than distinguishing the lines into the separate letters of the word “truck,” the writer has drawn a black square. This is an easy mistake to make, and an even easier one to fix!

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Some words, like “truck,” are just hard to spell correctly.

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