Ten Commonly Misspelled Words

Accompany
Believe
Broccoli
Congratulations
February
Judgment
Neighbor
Occurred

Spelling rules for these words

Silent or final ‘e’:
If a word ends with a silent e, drop the e before adding a suffix that begins with a vowel. Do not drop the silent e before adding a suffix that begins with a consonant, as in “Separately”.
Watch out for exceptions to the rule!

Words with ‘ie’ or ‘ei’: 
I before e, (believe) except after c, or when sounding like a, as in neighbor and weigh.

Final ‘y’:
If a word ends in a consonant followed by a ‘y’, change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ before adding a suffix. For example, accompany becomes accompanies. If a word ends in ‘y’ with a vowel before it, do not change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ before adding suffixes or other endings.

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