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Spell Check #2

Identify the misspelled word in each sentence and enter its correct spelling.
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Last updated: January 1, 2014
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First submittedDecember 30, 2013
Times taken39,444
Average score50.0%
Rating3.94
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Sentence
Correction
The groom was terrified of being left at the alter.
altar
She dozed off after laying down on a chaise longue.
lying
The prima donna sings well but tends to miss her queues.
cues
The chainsaw massacre effected a grizzly scene.
grisly
Most imperial colonies have succession movements.
secession
How do you get away with so openly flaunting the rules?
flouting
The novel's second edition has a new forward by the author.
foreword
My shoe has chaffed my foot and now I have a giant callus.
chafed
If I yolk a horse to an ass, will they pull as a team?
yoke
My puns are so bad that they do not even illicit groans.
elicit
Uncle Harry, tell us the tale of how you and Ant Bea first met!
Aunt
I want to travel the entire length and breath of the continent.
breadth
The drunkard walked a meandering course with a wobbly gate.
gait
You cannot beg, borrow, or steel respect; it can only be earned.
steal
Because the defendant is dead, the issue before the jury is mute.
moot
The dragon guarded its treasure horde with both fang and talon.
hoard
Do not trust the coinage; several dice have been stolen from the Mint.
dies
While Santa is doling out rewards, Krampus meets out punishment.
metes
The joke about senatorial candidates struck a cord with the audience.
chord
As soon as I was appraised of the situation, I took decisive action.
apprised
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Spell Check #3
100 Recent Comments
ThirdParty
+1
Level 45
Jan 2, 2014
Because Quizmaster sent me a nice email praising the series, I've created Spell Check #3.
Moosefight
+8
Level 60
Feb 26, 2014
Yeah, these are pretty grate. Keep up the good work!
JackBauer
+2
Level 61
Mar 26, 2015
your pretty clever!
frognbuff
+1
Level 88
Jul 8, 2016
I'm not sure if YOUR error was intentional or not.
DeusCaritasEst
+2
Level 55
Jul 9, 2016
^ Yes, I'm fairly certain they mint to do that.
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Jan 26, 2017
Oviously.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Mar 2, 2019
A lot of people here are petty clever.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 71
Oct 7, 2019
Yeah, day are allsome. I love the hole series. We want moor!
Freestatebear
+1
Level 85
Jun 5, 2021
Keep off the moors!!
stylus
+2
Level 76
Feb 11, 2022
the original, this and spell check #3 should be a series so you can easily access the others from any of them
jennywren21
+1
Level 62
Jan 29, 2014
I believe that its should be it's when referring to the dragon's hoard.
ThirdParty
+6
Level 45
Jan 29, 2014
I believe that it's correct the way it is.
bebn123
+1
Level 59
Feb 26, 2014
I see what you did there! XD
beekash
+15
Level 58
Feb 26, 2014
Is it just me or does anyone else feel there is a significant difference between misspelled and misused?
PorcNBeanz
+1
Level 57
Feb 26, 2014
BOOM!
ThirdParty
+2
Level 45
Feb 27, 2014
I must admit, the title of the series is more ironic than literal; the series is actually about catching mistakes that slip past automated spelling checkers. The cause of any given mistake will of course vary from instance to instance: one person who writes "steel" when he means "steal" might be making a spelling error; another who does the same thing might be confused about which word is which; and a third might simply be making a typo.
sillie
+3
Level 77
Jun 9, 2014
Oh if you want to continue the series a good place to find errors is the world of fanfiction. Among other things it's taught me the wonderful colour "peach black" :)
ThirdParty
+6
Level 45
Jun 9, 2014
I'm a teacher and so have a nearly-inexhaustible supply of writing errors submitted to me every semester; I don't feel any need to seek out more.
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 89
Mar 2, 2019
YouTube comment section is as far as anyone need go to find every spelling mistake ever committed condensed into one innocent video of how John Travolta really did 9/11 with Alex Jones hired by Boutros Boutros Boutros Boutros Gali to mastermind the coverup.
skibumb
+2
Level 50
Mar 7, 2017
thank you...nothing misspelled just used wrong word.
tschutzer
+4
Level 91
Feb 26, 2014
There's really nothing wrong with the spelling or use of the word flaunting. It could mean someone who is ostentatiously exhibiting the rules (to the apparent dismay of the person asking the question).
ThirdParty
+4
Level 45
Feb 26, 2014
That's true. Since "flout" and "flaunt" are both transitive verbs, any context in which one is grammatical will also be a context in which the other is grammatical. Nevertheless, when you see the phrase "flaunting the rules", it's a safe bet that you're looking at a spelling error.
Vindibudd
+6
Level 46
May 10, 2017
No, it's a safe bet that someone is using the wrong word.
SpacemanSpiff
+5
Level 65
Feb 26, 2014
I'm sorry, but misusing and misspelling words are two different issues. I thought this was supposed to be about the latter. One star.
tschutzer
+1
Level 91
Mar 21, 2014
The description should probably point this out, but I think the point of the quiz is to identify commonly misused words that people don't realize they've misused because the error is not caught by spellcheck.
jamesd
+3
Level 68
Dec 14, 2016
The title is great! You are missing a key issue here. When people rely on automated spell checkers only, there are often a lot of usage mistakes and conflated words.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 71
Oct 7, 2019
really?? you give one star for that? But really if you use a different word than the one you mean, you are spelling it wrong, just like when people use too, when they really mean to.
CoolDood
+1
Level 19
Feb 28, 2014
Breath is spelled right, I was confused
tschutzer
+3
Level 91
Mar 21, 2014
All the words are spelled right. They're just the wrong words.
LarryLovage
+3
Level 55
Sep 6, 2014
Length and breath of the continent? Is the continent breathing? The intended word is derived from 'broad', which hopefully will tell you what letter is missing from the given phrase.
dmeuesen
+3
Level 38
Aug 14, 2014
laying...and lying...thats grammatical not spelling...just saying.
akbadry
+2
Level 51
Apr 10, 2018
Well it can be both, because some people would spell lying thinking that's how u spell laying and vice versa
stone222
+1
Level 48
Oct 12, 2018
chickens (and birds) do the laying as with eggs, and humans when laying a table, but being prone or supine in bed is lying
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Jun 3, 2021
I know the difference between the words, and one is transitive while the other is intransitive, but the way that language, especially spoken language, is often used where words are omitted but implied I can understand the sentence as she was laying herself down and I think then at least the spelling would be correct.
orange3472
+1
Level 62
Apr 26, 2024
Has this quiz title laid to me?
ColoHarpare
+1
Level 50
Oct 17, 2015
I love these!
redsplat
+1
Level 73
Nov 27, 2015
Well done quiz! Great series! I had to stay sharp to complete it.
onegonecat
+2
Level 73
Mar 31, 2016
"The chainsaw massacre effected a grizzly scene."

I couldn't figure out what was wrong. I was picturing bears with chainsaws.

redactrice
+2
Level 34
Jul 4, 2017
I had a problem with this one because even if you corrected grizzly to grisly it didn't appear to make sense. Have never seen "effect" used in this way.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 71
Oct 7, 2019
How does it not make sense? any horror scene is grisly. (It comes from dutch griezelig btw which means scary/creepy)

If you are just talking about effected it means, well to cause the effect.. to give an outcome (not to be confused with to affect that outcome)

joe3007
+2
Level 65
May 25, 2016
Isn't effected spelt wrong?
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 90
Jul 8, 2016
No it's spelt write.
MrMagoo
+1
Level 84
Dec 27, 2018
I thought "effect" was the noun and "affect" is the verb. Forcing the noun form into it's own verb is too millennial-esque for my taste.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 71
Oct 7, 2019
If you look at its use it has been around for a long time and has actually been decreasing since about 1850. So you sort of have that backwards, it is something going out of fashion instead of "a new word being forced" unless with millennial you are referring to the 1900's....
OfTheMountain
+1
Level 62
Jul 8, 2016
Longue.... I'll admit I got hung up on that one. Certainly thought it was supposed to be Lounge. 18/20
MrMagoo
+1
Level 84
Jul 8, 2016
Effect is a noun, affect is the verb.
sumokitty
+2
Level 83
Jan 17, 2019
Both have multiple meanings. "Effected" is used correctly here, like in the expression "effect a change".
Sifhraven
+1
Level 71
Oct 7, 2019
The use here is perfectly correct, those perhaps not extremely common in every day life.
ander217
+2
Level 75
Jul 8, 2016
Great quiz. Made me think. I really don't care whether it's spelling or grammar, it was fun.
frognbuff
+1
Level 88
Jul 8, 2016
This quiz and its predecessor and sequel are not so much incorrect spelling as they are the use of incorrect homonyms.
frognbuff
+1
Level 88
Jul 8, 2016
In many cases it is incorrect homonyms, not all. Some are not exact homonyms but close. To clarify my case.
quiplash
+2
Level 39
Jul 9, 2016
Dammit, got everything easily except dice/dies. Because I had no idea what that was. Quiz overall: spelling/grammar win, general knowledge fail. (For me, that is. Not the quiz. It knew the things. I did not know the things.)
nanook
+1
Level 51
Jul 10, 2016
Callus should be spelled callous.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Feb 25, 2018
Wrong. They're two different words.
Sxerks3
+1
Level 63
Jul 11, 2016
18/20, first attempt. Good quiz.
RealDad12
+1
Level 67
Sep 21, 2016
We need more spell checks!
petronomicon
+1
Level 33
Jul 11, 2017
Grammar and spelling are two different checks.
stylus
+1
Level 76
Jul 29, 2017
As wel ass speling, gramer arent impotant and not nor sinntacks niver
mahble
+1
Level 77
Aug 20, 2017
Most of these are not spelling - they're more word choice. I would have called this quiz "Fix the Grammar Mistakes."
Sifhraven
+1
Level 71
Oct 7, 2019
Well if you are trying to spell the word meaning prologue ( foreword) and spell it as forward I would say that that is a spelling error. In most of these cases the people actually meant the correct word. Some times people do no know the meaning of a word, (like affect and effect, and intentionaly write the word they think is correct in that context).

Like noone would have meant "insect" Bea, they definitely meant wife of uncle.

Only the cases when if you used a synonym and people would say, no that is not what I was trying to say. Would not be a matter of being spelled wrong. That is my opinion on it.

(And sorry if there is any bad grammar or construction of sentences in this, I am sure there is, English is not my mother tongue)

Remymer
+1
Level 15
Jan 14, 2018
2:48 to spare GG
PantsLobbyist
+2
Level 96
Jan 19, 2018
Fourth question, effected is incorrect. It should be affected.
brandybuck96
+3
Level 83
Feb 25, 2018
No, it shouldn't.
Milezinator
+1
Level 71
Jun 30, 2018
No, he is right. Effect is a noun, while affect is a verb. The sentence uses it as a verb, so it is supposed to be affected. I can’t believe no one else has pointed this out.
Anzi
+7
Level 69
Aug 5, 2018
Maybe because effect is both noun and verb, the verb meaning ‘to cause’
Sifhraven
+1
Level 71
Oct 7, 2019
Not sure if you are being sarcastic or not, because there are tons of comments about it allready/ And no effected is NOT wrong, look it up.
jkabq
+2
Level 62
Apr 10, 2018
No. from the oxford dictionary:

The word it’s is always short for ‘it is’ (as in it's raining), or in informal speech, for ‘it has’ (as in it's got six legs).

The word its means ‘belonging to it’ (as in hold its head still while I jump on its back). It is a possessive pronoun like his.

omgitsolivia1
+1
Level 35
Apr 24, 2018
some of these are grammar not spelling. Using the incorrect words are not spelling mistakes.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Jul 5, 2018
No one from New or Old England would ever spell aunt that way, no American would ever spell cue like that. Even swap.
lucd13
+2
Level 69
Aug 6, 2018
I REALLY want to comment something about respect being earnt, not earned. :P
Archer1212
+1
Level 63
Aug 6, 2018
okay, this quiz is crap. "flaunting," "dice," and "appraised" or not "misspellings" in the sense that the others are misspellings; they're different words altogether, but perhaps used incorrectly. there's a big, big difference.
eibi
+3
Level 80
Aug 6, 2018
Just in theory. The people using the wrong word/spelling do in most case have the correct meaning/word in mind. They just can't bloody remember how to spell it and come up with something that looks write.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 71
Dec 19, 2019
You wrote "or" instead of "are"... That is a misspelling. Ow wait, it can't be, can it, since it is a different word altogether (sarcasm.. ).

I don't get how you didn't realize áll of the words in this quiz are existing words. Really, how could you miss that?

divantilya
+1
Level 36
Sep 15, 2018
Excellent quiz! -
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Oct 24, 2018
Belly achers are a waist of time.
undeadwarrior
+1
Level 64
Feb 7, 2019
First of all - this is a grammar quiz, not a spelling one. Secondly, please fix the word "longue" to lounge.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 71
Oct 7, 2019
Why?? There only needs to be ONE mistake in the sentence, no need to add another one..
Sifhraven
+2
Level 71
Oct 7, 2019
And btw no comments that it is chair instead of chaise?? Im surprised.
boilance
+2
Level 22
Mar 2, 2019
In the chainsaw sentence, "affected" was written wrong. I was sure that was the problem :/
overtired
+1
Level 85
May 23, 2019
It isn't written wrongly. "Effected" makes sense. The chainsaw massacre resulted in a grisly scene, it didn't affect a grisly scene that was already there. That's just too much carnage :P
Sifhraven
+1
Level 71
Oct 7, 2019
Only missed chafed, succession, metes, apprised and flouting. Not bad when english not your language :) Bummed I didnt get chafed though, I was trying to spell it right, but ran out of time. Have never heard of flouting, apprised and metes though.
firstinline
+2
Level 74
Apr 7, 2020
I kind of died after reading the comment section. So many people just don't understand.
grout
+1
Level 45
Feb 18, 2021
missed secession and I've learnt a new word today
Britannia2006
+1
Level 31
Mar 6, 2021
i thought this was to correct spellings
Kirkulese
+1
Level 63
Apr 1, 2021
From Bill Bryson's "The Mother Tongue":

* Just as a quick test, see if you can tell which of the following words

are mispelled

supercede

conceed

idiosyncracy

concensus

accomodate

impressario

rhythym

opthalmologist

diptheriea

anamoly

afficianado

caesarian

grafitti

In fact, they all are. So was misspelled at the end of the

preceeding paragraph. So was preceding just there. I'm sorry,

I'll stop. But I trust you get the point that English can be a

maddeningly difficult language to spell correctly.

comradecora
+1
Level 69
May 7, 2021
longue? effected?
jaketish
+2
Level 64
Jun 3, 2021
shouldn't it be affected? not effected
Julotek
+1
Level 61
Jun 3, 2021
I don't understand the "succession" mistake...

It is simply not the same meaning.

If we need to guess what the person really wanted to say but didn't use the proper word for it, it will be really hard.

elzadra
+2
Level 66
Jun 3, 2021
Not really a spelling test. It's more a word usage test.
bostjan
+2
Level 72
Jun 3, 2021
"How do you get away with so openly flaunting the rules?" I honestly had no idea what word you were going for there, as this made no sense at all to me as it was written. As I was looking for a misspelled word, I was simply at a loss. "The drunkard walked a meandering course with a wobbly gate." This is also correct. I pictured a path that contained a gate that wobbled on its hinges. "Do not trust the coinage, several dice have been stolen from the Mint." Again, no idea what you were trying to say here, since the Mint does not have anything to do with dice, but I was searching for a misspelled word... Many of the others confused me as well, as they were nothing to do with spelling errors and were simply usage errors. It's a shame, because this could have been fun for me, but instead simply caused me stress.
mrcouch7
+1
Level 55
Jun 3, 2021
A lot harder than I was expecting
ChallengeMaster
+1
Level 28
Jun 4, 2021
I thought longue was wrong at first, i always thought it was pre Madonna and you used the wrong affected. It should be an a because it is the one affecting something rather than the end result of the effect
poob
+2
Level 53
Jun 4, 2021
dont even know what half of these words mean lol
Freestatebear
+1
Level 85
Jun 5, 2021
"Annoyed I got a couple wrong, that I just KNEW I should have had right, I'm going to enter a comment. On a quiz that has been on the site for more than six years, has been taken over 30k times, and generated 100+ comments, I'm certain NO ONE ELSE has mentioned MY particular complaint!"
Bluminati
+1
Level 39
Jun 7, 2021
most of these aren't spelling mistakes they are grammar errors. The words used are incorrect however they are still spelt correctly.
freon22tec
+1
Level 58
Jul 19, 2021
You definitely misspelled Lounge
EcceHomo
+1
Level 81
Oct 19, 2021
Succession is not a misspelling of secession.
elcampeador
+1
Level 78
Jun 14, 2022
Most of these are just incorrect word usage.
Dontforget
+2
Level 66
Jun 13, 2024
You should add the three of these to a series so we can find them easily
Koopa
+1
Level 79
Aug 14, 2024
This is more of a "misused" word quiz than a "misspelled" word quiz.
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