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A common English misspelling

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The standard spelling is “definitely.”

Convention: Spelling follows the language's standard.

What this check detects

High-frequency English misspellings and the correct word. English 'scribes only.

  • definately becomes definitely

  • tommorrow becomes tomorrow

  • seperate becomes separate

  • acheive becomes achieve

  • becouse becomes because

  • freind becomes friend

  • untill becomes until

  • recieve becomes receive

Example

Flagged by this rule
[Verse]
I will definately stay

In the workbench this reads: “definately” is a common English spelling error.

Accepted by this rule
[Verse]
I will definitely stay

The fix

In the workbench this finding carries one control, labelled Replace with definitely. The change is contextual, so it is previewed as a diff in your document first and applies only when you confirm it.

The convention and its limits

This check detects the pattern shown above. An accepted example passes this check; it is not a review of the whole transcription.

Sources

The sources cited by this check:

Commonly Misspelled Words (opens in a new tab) verified Frequent English misspellings including definitely and tomorrow
More Commonly Misspelled Words (opens in a new tab) verified Frequent English misspellings including separate and achieve
Spelling: Top 50 spelling mistakes in English (opens in a new tab) verified High-frequency learner misspellings including definately, freind, untill and recieve
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