Difficult spellings

Because of the way English has evolved and the many words or word parts it has borrowed from other languages, English spelling is notoriously illogical! As a result, some English words are especially difficult to spell.

The sentences below each contain a hard-to-spell word. See if you can fill in the blank with the correct spelling.

1. Antibiotics are required to treat .

pneumonia

pnumonia

nuemonia

2. My husband does the in our house.

vaccuming

vacuuming

vaccuuming

3. My great-aunt's little keeps her company.

chihauhau

chihwahwa

chihuahua

4. Christmas at my sister-in-law's is always .

chaos

chayos

kayos

5. is a fermented food that is good for the gut.

Sourkraut

Sauerkraut

Sourkrout

6. We hired a couple to sail our from Ontario to Nova Scotia.

yacht

yaht

yawt

7. In sailing, control are used to mark areas where boating is restricted.

boys

boyes

buoys

8. Many restaurants serve as a side.

broccolli

broccoli

brocolli

9. How did Gordon his car through that narrow laneway?

manouvre

manoeuvre

manuever

10. Travellers' is the most common illness suffered by tourists.

diahrrea

diahrria

diarrhea