Spell A Word Differently

10 common words with strange spellings.

Spell a word differently. Differently definition is in a different manner. If two vowels are next to each other in a word the second vowel is silent. Australian english follows british spelling very closely but many common words are spelt differently in american english.

Spelling words in english correctly is tough for a few reasons. But a select few take different spellings on opposite sides of the atlantic. Just like similar words in english and say french are spelled differently if you are writing in english the english spelling is correct.

Words are often spelled differently from how they re pronounced certain combinations of letters sound one way in one word and completely differently in another some letters sometimes aren t even pronounced at all. You are not french. Don t write a piece in english spelling it independance then tell me it s okay because that s how it s spelled in french.

Lead to go in front of lead a metal wind to follow a course that is not straight wind a gust of air bass low deep sound bass a type of fish. Unfortunately some very common words are spelt very strangely so here is our list of 10 of the worst offending examples and a guide to how to pronounce them. A homograph is a word that has the same spelling as another word but has a different sound and a different meaning.

Likewise if you are an american don t write centre and think it s okay because that s how. The spelling of a word remains the same if you add a prefix to it. Australian and american english have different ways of spelling certain words such as those ending with yse or ise.

For example in the word coat you only hear the o pronounced. Despite being spelt differently the meaning of the word is the same. Here are some examples.