I am looking for a list of the 1,000 most commonly misspelled words
(preferably with the correct spelling or list of possible correct
suggestions).

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Request for Question Clarification by answerfinder-ga on 07 Nov 2002 04:03 PST

I have found a list of 500 in their correct spelling in a university
site. Would this meet your requirement.
answerfinder-ga

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Clarification of Question by padders-ga on 07 Nov 2002 04:17 PST

Hi answerfinder, no I need the incorrect spellings; the point of what
I am doing is for the 1st stage of a spell checker, I need the most
common mispellings for it.

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Request for Question Clarification by tar_heel_v-ga on 07 Nov 2002 08:15 PST

Padders,

I have a list of over 1100 misspelled words and their corrections in
an Excel format.  Would this suffice for you?

-THV

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Clarification of Question by padders-ga on 09 Nov 2002 09:27 PST

tar_heel_v-ga,

So long they are likely mispellings and not say 10 different
misspellings of aracnophobia then yes that sounds good.

Thank you also everyone else for your comments; I am going to
investigate your suggestions.

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Request for Question Clarification by tar_heel_v-ga on 09 Nov 2002 10:23 PST

There are some with multiple misspellings, but the most I have seen is
two or three for a single word.  I will upload the list and post the
link in an answer.

Regards,

-THV

padders,

I have provided a list of over 1100 common misspellings.  You can
download this list at
http://www.lucidmatrix.com/uploads/misspellings.zip.  Inside the zip
file is an Excel spreadsheet. This link will only be active for 30
days.  This is an Excel format of Cornell list.

Thank you for your question and good luck in your endeavor.  If I can
provide any further clarification, please let me know.

Regards,

-TH

Search Strategy
commonly misspelled words

Hello padders-ga,

I was unable to locate a list of that size for free online, but I did
find a book available for purchase. "1,001 Commonly Misspelled Words"
is availble at Amazon:
[ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/007135736X/qid=1036669295/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/102-8022311-5317724?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
]

Additional Links:

[ http://www.amazon.com ]

I hope this helps!

-molszewski-ga

There's a list at this site:

http://www.library.cornell.edu/tsmanual/TSSU/comis1.html

It has the proper spelling along with a variation. There are about
120-130 per page, so it's in the range of about 500 words. Note that
some of the words have more than one variation, i.e. Activities has
variations of Acitivities, Activiies, Activites.

The mispellings appear to by more typo related as opposed to knowledge
of the actual spelling.

Hope this helps!

Another good place to start is to look at Microsoft Word. It has an
"auto-correct" feature that corrects misspelled words as you type.

-molszewski-ga

This previous question might be helpful:

"Q: Reverse Spell Checker"
Google Answers
https://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=35085

(Please ignore my negative comments about the original answer to that
question; they were a youthful indiscretion.)

Spelling errors I make are double letters vs single letters, s or c
except at the beginning and end of words. ie vs ei that violate the
rule. Some like field/feild, I think violate the rule, but they don't.
 Neil