Commonly misspelled words (Simple English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Commonly misspelled words" in Simple English language version.

Last modified: 23:52:36, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

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1712web.archive.org

1^st place

1^st place

1031yourdictionary.com

6,318^th place

1,225^th place

681askoxford.com

low place

1,461^st place

602lukemastin.com

low place

6,047^th place

85merriam-webster.com

425^th place

74^th place

11differencebetween.com

low place

low place

11books.google.com

3^rd place

4^th place

askoxford.com (Global: low place; Simple English: 1,461^st place)

"AskOxford: Commonly Misspelled Words", Oxford University Press, 2009, webpage: Ask-spell Archived 2008-10-25 at the Wayback Machine.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; Simple English: 4^th place)

"How to Prepare for the Canadian GED High School Equivalency Exam", Murray Rockowitz, Dale Shuttleworth, et al., 2002, ISBN 0764117890, p.177, Google Books webpage: GoogleB-9LU.

differencebetween.com (Global: low place; Simple English: low place)

"Difference Between Extension and Extention". Compare the Difference Between Similar Terms. Retrieved 2021-01-19.

lukemastin.com (Global: low place; Simple English: 6,047^th place)

"Canadian, British and American Spelling", LukeMastin.com, December 2008, webpage: LM-spelling.
"Canadian, British and American Spelling – Some Commonly Misspelled Words", LukeMastin.com, December 2008, webpage: LM-misspelled.

merriam-webster.com (Global: 425^th place; Simple English: 74^th place)

"Merriam-Webster Online" (results for misspelling as "concensus"), Merriam-Webster, 2008, webpage: MW-concensus.
"Merriam-Webster Online" (results for misspelling as "equiptment"), Merriam-Webster, December 2008, webpage: MW-equiptment.
"Merriam-Webster Online" (results for misspelling as "independant"), Merriam-Webster, December 2008, webpage: MW-independant.
"Merriam-Webster Online" (results for misspelling as "readible"), Merriam-Webster, December 2008, webpage: MW-readible.
"Merriam-Webster Online" (results for misspelling as "usible"), Merriam-Webster, December 2008, webpage: MW-usible.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; Simple English: 1^st place)

"AskOxford: Commonly Misspelled Words", Oxford University Press, 2009, webpage: Ask-spell Archived 2008-10-25 at the Wayback Machine.
"100 Most Often Misspelled Words in English", LoveToKnow, Corp., December 2008, webpage: YDict Archived 2010-03-13 at the Wayback Machine.

yourdictionary.com (Global: 6,318^th place; Simple English: 1,225^th place)

"100 Most Often Misspelled Words in English", LoveToKnow, Corp., December 2008, webpage: YDict Archived 2010-03-13 at the Wayback Machine.