All over the world, Nigerians are known to show much interest in Education. Several Nigerians have received various awards of excellence in schools all over the world. However, since English is not exactly our mother tongue, a lot of Nigerians often misspell some of the words. This post gives a list of 20 words commonly misspelled by Nigerians.
Some of these wrong spellings are quite understandable while some are plain ridiculous. The truth is that Nigerians often misspell some of these words because of the way they pronounce them. Many Nigerians infuse their native languages into the pronunciation of English words. This, in turn affects the way the spell the words.
Even the word “misspell” itself is often misspelled.
So, here is a list of some of the words that Nigerians commonly misspell.
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1. Embarrassment
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Embarassment
- Embarrasment
- Embarasment
- Embbarrassment
2. Characteristic
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Charasteristic
- Caracteristic
- Characterictic
3. Pronunciation
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Pronounciation
- Pronouncation
- Pronounsiation
4. Accommodation
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Acommodation
- Accomodation
- Acomodation
5. Margarine
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Magerine
- Margerine
- Magarine
- Margering
6. Android
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Andriod
- Androd
- Adroid
7. Ghanaian
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Ghanian
- Ghaniain
- Ghanain
8. Plateau
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Plateu
- Plateou
- Platou
9. Weird
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Wierd
- Werid
10. Calendar
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Calender
- Callender
- Callendar
11. Business
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Bisness
- Busness
- Bisiness
12. Acceleration
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Aceleration
- Accelerasion
- Acelerasion
- Acceleracion
13. Ceiling
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Cieling
- Ceiline
- Celing
- Cieline
14. Receive
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Recieve
- Recive
- Receve
15. Continuous
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Continious
- Continous
- Continius
16. Sellotape
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Cellotape
- Selotape
- Celotape
17. Privilege
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Priviledge
- Previlege
- Privillege
18. Maintenance
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Maintainance
- Maintenence
- Maintainence
19. Simultaneous
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Simultanous
- Simultanious
- Simutaneous
- Simultainous
- Simultaineous
20. Misspell
We have seen the following wrong spellings:
- Mispell
- Mispel
- Misspel
These are some of the many words often misspelled by Nigerians. Which of them are you guilty of? Let us know in the Comments section below.
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We may update this post with more words at any time.
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Author: Vincent Abolarin
Vincent is a Nigerian blogger with special interest in the history and current happenings in the country. When he is not blogging, he enjoys reading and playing computer games.
Ghanaian.. Thought it is spelt Ghanian..
Not to worry, you are not alone. A large percentage of Nigerians spell it wrongly as “Ghanian”. I guess it has to do with the way we tend to pronounce it.
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Regards.