Pariksha SaathiSpelling Correction Questions with Solutions
Unlike Homophones (choosing between different words that sound alike), this topic tests the correct spelling of a single intended word — pure recognition, built from exposure to the words that repeat most often. Here’s the approach, four fully worked examples using some of the most frequently tested misspellings, and a few to try yourself.
The approach, quickly
- These questions give several spellings of the same word and ask which one is correct — this tests spelling of a single intended word, not choosing between different words (that’s what Homophones covers).
- A few patterns behind commonly misspelled words: double letters that get dropped or doubled wrongly ("necessary" has one C and two S’s); silent letters that get skipped ("Wednesday", "foreign"); -able/-ible and -ance/-ence endings, which mostly have to be memorised individually rather than derived from a rule.
- When unsure between similar-looking spellings, break the word into its recognisable parts — "misspell" is "mis" + "spell", so it genuinely needs two S’s in the middle, not one, despite looking like it might not.
- These words repeat often across past papers, so building a working list from practice is usually more efficient than trying to memorise a dictionary.
Worked examples
1. Choose the correctly spelled word: (A) Recieve (B) Receive (C) Receve (D) Receeve
Solution
- "Receive" follows "i before e except after c" — since it comes after "c", it’s "ei", not "ie".
Answer: (B) Receive
2. Choose the correctly spelled word: (A) Neccessary (B) Necessary (C) Neccesary (D) Necesary
Solution
- "Necessary" has one C and two S’s — often misremembered the other way around.
Answer: (B) Necessary
3. Choose the correctly spelled word: (A) Accomodate (B) Acommodate (C) Accommodate (D) Acomodate
Solution
- "Accommodate" has two C’s and two M’s — one of the most commonly misspelled English words, usually dropping one of the double letters.
Answer: (C) Accommodate
4. Choose the correctly spelled word: (A) Embarass (B) Embarrass (C) Embaras (D) Embarrasse
Solution
- "Embarrass" has two R’s and two S’s.
Answer: (B) Embarrass
Try these yourself
Work through these the same way, then check against the answer.
1. Choose the correctly spelled word: (A) Occassion (B) Ocassion (C) Occasion (D) Occasionn
Answer: (C) Occasion (two C’s, one S)
2. Choose the correctly spelled word: (A) Definately (B) Definitely (C) Definitly (D) Definatly
Answer: (B) Definitely (contains "finite": de-FINITE-ly)
3. Choose the correctly spelled word: (A) Enviroment (B) Environment (C) Enviromment (D) Envirnoment
Answer: (B) Environment (the often-dropped "n" before "ment")
Where this comes up
Spelling Correction is a regular topic in the English Language section of every exam Pariksha Saathi covers — SSC CGL, SSC MTS, SSC CHSL, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, SBI PO and SBI Clerk.
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