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English national Curriculum
KS3 Spelling List
General spelling list
The following list of spellings was compiled by a number of secondary schools
who all identified the following words as common errors among this age group.
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accommodation
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actually
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alcohol
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although
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analyse/analysis
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argument
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assessment
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atmosphere
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audible
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audience
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autumn
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beautiful
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beginning
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believe
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beneath
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buried
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business
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caught
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chocolate
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climb
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column
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concentration
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conclusion
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conscience
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conscious
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consequence
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continuous
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creation
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daughter
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decide/decision
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definite
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design
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development
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diamond
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diary
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disappear
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disappoint
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embarrass
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energy
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engagement
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enquire
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environment
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evaluation
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evidence
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explanation
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February
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fierce
forty
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fulfil
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furthermore
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guard
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happened
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health
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height
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imaginary
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improvise
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industrial
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interesting
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interrupt
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issue
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jealous
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knowledge
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listening
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lonely
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lovely
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marriage
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material
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meanwhile
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miscellaneous
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mischief
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modern
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moreover
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murmur
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necessary
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nervous
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original
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outrageous
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parallel
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participation
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pattern
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peaceful
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people
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performance
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permanent
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persuade/persuasion
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physical
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possession
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potential
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preparation
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prioritise
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process
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proportion
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proposition
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questionnaire
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queue
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reaction
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receive
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reference
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relief
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remember
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research
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resources
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safety
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Saturday
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secondary
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separate
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sequence
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shoulder
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sincerely
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skilful
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soldier
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stomach
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straight
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strategy
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strength
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success
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surely
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surprise
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survey
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technique
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technology
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texture
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tomorrow
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unfortunately
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Wednesday
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weight
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weird
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women
Common homophones and confusions
advise/advice
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a lot of
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affect/effect
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allowed/aloud
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bought/brought
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braking/breaking
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choose/chose
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cloth/clothe
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conscience/conscious
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course/coarse
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our/are
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practise/practice
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quiet/quite
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sites/sights
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source/sauce
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thank you
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threw/through
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to/too/two
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