Misspelt Words for SSC, RRB and Bank Clerical Exams - Set 1

1)   In each of the following questions, find the correctly spelt word.

1. Reannaisance
2. Renaissance
3. Rennaissance
4. Renaisance


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Renaissance

Breakdown: Re-nais-sance

Meaning: It is a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity.


2)   1. Recommandation
2. Recommendation
3. Recomandation
4. Recomendation


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Recommendation

Breakdown: Rec-om-men-da-tion

Meaning: The act of recommending something or someone.


3)   1. Sinchronize
2. Syycronise
3. Synchronize
4. Synchromise


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Synchronize

Breakdown: Syn-chro-nize

Meaning: To synchronize is to represent or arrange (events) to indicate coincidence or coexistence.


4)   1. Surveilance
2. Surveillance
3. Survellance
4. Survaillance


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Surveillance

Breakdown: sur-veil-lance

Meaning: It is the close watch kept over something or someone.


5)   1. Gaurantee
2. Garuntee
3. Guarantee
4. Guaruntee


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Guarantee

Breakdown: Guar-an-tee

Meaning: Guarantee is an assurance of the quality of or of the length of use to be expected from a product offered for sale often with a promise of reimbursement.


6)   1. Delinquescent
2. Deliquescent
3. Deliquecent
4. Delinquesent


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Deliquescent

Breakdown: Del-i-ques-cent

Meaning: Something that is deliquescent tends to melt or dissolve.


7)   1. Equannimity
2. Equanimity
3. Equinimity
4. Equanimmity


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Equanimity

Breakdown: Equa-nim-i-ty

Meaning: It is the evenness of mind especially under stress.


8)   1. Strategam
2. Stratagem
3. Strategem
4. Stratagam


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: stratagem

Breakdown: Strat-a-gem

Meaning: Stratagem is an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy.


9)   1. Hindrence
2. Hindrance
3. Hinderence
4. Hinderance


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Hindrance

Breakdown: Hin-drance

Meaning: Hindrance is the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down.


10)   1. Quintessance
2. Quintesance
3. Quintessence
4. Quintassence


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Quintessence

Breakdown: Quin-tes-sence

Meaning: Quintessence is the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.


11)   1. Resplandance
2. Resplendence
3. Resplendance
4. Resplandense


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Resplendence

Breakdown: Re-splen-dence

Meaning: It is the quality of being resplendent (shining brilliantly).


12)   1. Countinence
2. Countenance
3. Countinance
4. Countinence


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Countenance

Breakdown: Coun-te-nance

Meaning: Countenance is a person’s face or facial expression.


13)   1. Sepulchral
2. Sepalchral
3. Sepalchrle
4. Sepulchrle


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Sepulchral

Breakdown: Se-pul-chral

Meaning: Relating to sepulcher or place of burial.


14)   1. Incandiery
2. Incendiary
3. Incendiery
4. Incandiary


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Incendiary

Breakdown: In-cen-di-ary

Meaning: Incendiary is a person who commits arson.


15)   1. Lackdaisical
2. Lackdaisicle
3. Lackadaisical
4. Lackdaisical


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Lackadaisical

Breakdown: Lack-a-dai-si-cal

Meaning: Lackadaisical is something or someone lacking life, spirit or zest.


16)   1. Aprentice
2. Apprentice
3. Aperentice
4. Apperentice


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Apprentice

Breakdown: Ap-pren-tice

Meaning: Apprentice is an inexperienced person or one who is learning by practical experience under skilled workers.


17)   1. Sacrilegeous
2. Sacriligious
3. Sacrilegious
4. Sacreligious


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Sacrilegious

Breakdown: Sac-ri-leg-ious

Meaning: Sacrilegious is gross irreverence toward a hallowed person, place, or thing.


18)   1. Inocculate
2. Innoculate
3. Inoculate
4. Innocculate


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Inoculate

Breakdown: In-oc-u-late

Meaning: To inoculate is to introduce a microorganism into or perform vaccination.


19)   1. Etiquete
2. Ettiquete
3. Etiquette
4. Ettiquette


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Etiquette

Breakdown: Et-i-quette

Meaning: It is the conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be observed in social or official life.


20)   1. Dansuese
2. Danseuse
3. Danseus
4. Densuace


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Danseuse

Breakdown: Dan-seuse

Meaning: Danseuse is a female ballet dancer.


21)   
1. Ostracism
2. Obnoxious
3. Oblitrate
4. Ocean


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Obliterate

Breakdown: Oblit-er-ate

Meaning: It means to remove something from existence.


22)   1. Percussive
2. Priferential
3. Predicament
4. Predecessor


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Preferential

Breakdown: Pref-er-en-tial

Meaning: It means to show favor or preference to someone or something.


23)   1. Surround
2. Survey
3. Surveillance
4. Sureptitious


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 4

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Surreptitious

Breakdown: Sur-rep-ti-tious

Meaning: Something that is done, made or acquired by stealth is surreptitious.


24)   1. Accurate
2. Accrue
3. Accomodate
4. Accumulate


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Accommodate

Breakdown: Ac-com-mo-date

Meaning: It means to provide with something desired, needed or to make room for something.


25)   1. Legibel
2. Legalize
3. Legislature
4. Legitimate


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Legible

Breakdown: Leg-i-ble

Meaning: Legible means capable of being read or deciphered.


26)   1. Sceptic
2. Prolific
3. Agnostic
4. Assetic


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 4

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Ascetic

Breakdown: As-cet-ic

Meaning: Ascetic is someone who practices strict self-denial as a measure of personal and spiritual discipline.


27)   1. Beleive
2. Receive
3. Relieve
4. Deceive


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Believe

Breakdown: Be-lieve

Meaning: To believe is to accept something as true, genuine or real.


28)   1. Adambrate
2. Celebrate
3. Proliferate
4. Calibrate


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Adumbrate

Breakdown: Ad-um-brate

Meaning: Adumbrate means to suggest, disclose or outline partially.


29)   1. Assume
2. Cunsume
3. Presume
4. Subsume


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Consume

Breakdown: Com-sume

Meaning: To consume is to spend wastefully or to eat or drink in great quantity.


30)   1. Harmonoize
2. Surrender
3. Impression
4. Enthusiastic


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Harmonize

Breakdown: Har-mo-nize

Meaning: It means to play or sing in harmony.


31)   1. Allowance
2. Alltogether
3. Allusion
4. Alternative


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Altogether

Breakdown: Al-to-geth-er

Meaning: Altogether means on the whole i.e. completely.


32)   1. Impregnable
2. Improbable
3. Impostar
4. implausible


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Impostor

Breakdown: Im-pos-tor

Meaning: Impostor is someone that assumes false identity or title for the purpose of deception.


33)   1. Heritage
2. Glimpse
3. Ecstasy
4) Discription


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 4

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Description

Breakdown: De-scrip-tion

Meaning: Description of something is a statement or account giving the characteristics of someone or something.


34)   1. Superstitious
2. Commendable
3. Callous
4. Applauce


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 4

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Applause

Breakdown: Ap-plause

Meaning: Applause is praising or marked commendation of someone or something.


35)   1. Impediment
2. Merriment
3. Techniche
4. Judgement


a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3

Explanation:
Correct Spelling: Technique

Breakdown: Tech-nique

Meaning: Technique is the manner in which technical details are treated.