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Top 20 most commonly misspelt words!!

A poll conducted by OnePoll.com, a market research company, found “definitely” as the most commonly misspelled word in United Kingdom. This word topped the list of commonly misspelt words as most of them mix up the second "T" with an "A".5,000 people took part in this study. Some are blaming “spell-check” and “auto-correction” as the culprits for their spelling the words wrong. The Top 20 misspelled words are: 1. Definitely 2. Sacrilegious 3. Indict 4. Manoeuvre 5. Bureaucracy 6. Broccoli 7. Phlegm 8. Prejudice 9. Consensus 10. Unnecessary 11. Supercede 12. Questionnaire 13. Lieutenant 14. Entrepreneur 15. Connoisseur 16. Inoculate 17. Particularly 18. Liquefy 19. Parallel 20. Conscience “It’s clear the role technology is having on our lives is contributing to the downfall of our ability to spell…Computers and mobile phones which spell words for us has left us with a lazy attitude towards spelling.”