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{{See also|Commonly misspelled English words|Wikipedia:List of commonly misused English words}}
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The lists of common [[spelling]] mistakes linked below are used to correct [[typographical error]]s throughout [[Wikipedia]]. Each entry lists a typo, followed by the correct spelling in [[parentheses]]; clicking on the typo will search for it throughout Wikipedia. See [[Wikipedia:Typo]] for information on and coordination of spellchecking work.
Note that not all occurrences of these spellings will be misspellings: if they are in song titles, for instance, they must be left as the
Keep in mind some words could be corrected to multiple different possibilities and some are names of brands, songs, or products. These are just the most common. Please don't delete a misspelling from this page just because it causes [[Type I and type II errors|false
A misspelling should occur in Wikipedia at least once a year to be considered "common" and therefore have a place in this list. If you know a certain misspelling has not occurred in the past year, you should delete it from the list to reduce clutter and make the lists easier to use.
When adding a misspelling, it is a good idea to also add all [[grammatical]] variants of the word at the same time. [[Alphabetize]] according to the misspelling.
Note that spellings sometimes vary between varieties of English, notably between [[American English]] and [[Commonwealth English]]. Since Wikipedia accepts all variant spellings, please refer to [[American and British English spelling differences]].
Many users have found that using [[Google]] to search for misspelled words is more efficient than Wikipedia, such as this [http://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&lr=&domains=en.wikipedia.org&q=%22alot%22+-talk%3A+-user%3A+-wiki%2FWikipedia%3A&btnG=Search&sitesearch=en.wikipedia.org Google search].
Alternatively you can search a recent [[meta:Data dumps|database dump]] for typos in a few minutes using [[User:Bluemoose/DataBaseSearchTool]]. This works best when the database is not very old.
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== See also ==
* [[:Category:Redirects from misspellings]]
* [[Wikipedia:List of redirects from misspellings]] - obsolete.
* [[Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Typos]]
* [[Wikipedia:List of spelling variants]]
* [[Commonly misspelled English words]]
== External links ==
* [http://www.dumbtionary.com Dictionary containing thousands of misspelled words]{{Dead link |date=March 2025}}
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