Are you struggling to learn the correct spellings of English words? Or are you on your hunt to find an ultimate list of the hardest English words to spell?
If the answer to any of the above questions is yes, then this blog is for you! Continue reading to learn the correct spellings of the most important English words. 
List of Hardest Words to Spell In English
When spelling words, most languages use the imitate-sounds-into-exact-letters formula. But, with English, the case is a bit different! It is common for words to change their spelling depending on the region in which they are used. Further, you’ll also discover vocabulary words that are overstuffed with silent letters, which confuses the matter of spelling even more.
Here We Go!
1. Abscond
It’s easy to spell this word as “ab-second,” as we often use the word “second”. Abscond is a verb and refers to a person who runs away, taking something along with himself/herself.
2. Abstruse
The spellings of abstruse are too abstruse to remember! “Abstruse” means difficult. Well, spelling this word correctly has remained one of the biggest challenges for writers, students, etc. Abstruse is mistakenly written as “abstrues”. People usually add the word “true” along with a plural suffix -s to the end of this word.
3. Accommodate
Words with double letters are always confusing and tricky to spell. And this word has got two doubles, making it even more confusing. Accommodate’s spellings often follow the pattern of “recommend.” However, both spellings are far different from each other. You might be tempted to replace the first “o” with “a” and remove the “e” at the end because it's silent while pronouncing.
4. Acquiesce
Words like aquarium, aquamarine, etc., don’t have the “c” in between the letters “a” and “b”. This might be the reason why people are tempted to skip the “c” in acquiesce. Further, the awkward combination of consonants and vowels makes spelling more tricky. You might forget the correct sequence of letters. Break it into three sets, (acq), (ui), (esce) to learn it.
5. Chiaroscurist
A painter who plays with light and shade instead of colors for drawing pictures is a chiaroscurist. Just like the name, his work is pretty difficult too. As we often use the words like chair, fair, etc., spelling this word as “(chaire)oscurist” instead of (chiar-os-cu-rist) is common.
6. Apocryphal
This word is pronounced as “app-o-kri-fal” which is why people are tempted to replace the “c” with “k” and “ph” with “f”, hence spelling it out incorrectly as “apokrifal”.
7. Archetypal
The next one on our list is archetypal, meaning “a model of anything.” There’re so many letters in this word that are arranged strangely with each other. Here again, “ch” is pronounced as “k” but when spelling this word out, k shouldn’t be inserted. Further, adding “i” instead of “y” is also common among many people.
8. Ingenious
From genius comes ingenious. Both words refer to brilliance. However, their spellings are different but often confused with each other. Ingenious has all the spellings of genius but with an “o” between “i” and “u.”
9. Sacrilegious
It is often assumed that “sacrilegious” came from the word religious, which is why it is spelled incorrectly as “sacreligious”. However, in reality, this word came from “sacrilege” and the suffix -ous converts it to an adjective, meaning “blasphemous”.
10. Minuscule
You won’t believe that I’ve checked exam sheets where students had written “mynuscule” instead of minuscule. The confusion lies between “minus”, it's an arithmetic symbol. In the case of “minuscule”, it does refer to eliminating something (meaning of the word minus). It’s a simple word that means tiny.
11. Ambiguous
An adjective, ambiguous, is used to define something that is unclear or confusing. It has no “e” in it but just because it is pronounced as “am-be-guas” people often assume that it should be spelled as “ambeegous,” which is incorrect.
12. Mischievous
Have you ever seen or met a naughty child? Well, mischievous is a perfect adjective for such babies. All around the world, different English speakers tend to pronounce this word as “mis-chee-vee-us” which creates confusion in its spelling. Spelling out this word is as difficult as pronouncing it!
13. Handkerchief
From our ancestors to our modern generation, handkerchieves have served us well. It’s hard to pronounce if you don’t crack down on the secret to learning the right spellings. Notice that this word has “hand” and “cheif” in it, not the real one, but of course, the words! Just connect them with the letters “ker” and there you go! You got the right spelling!
14. Gubernatorial
Does it sound like the word “gover” to you? Well, that’s because it actually has a strong linguistic relationship with the governor (word). Both of them have derived from the French language and refer to powerful governors. If you love writing about politics, using gubernatorial in your text can pack more power into it. Gubernatorial can be divided into five sets, such as “gu-ber-na-torial” for memorizing the spellings easily.
15. Cajole
Have you ever tried to convince a friend to go on a trip with you? That’s called cajoling “convincing someone”. It’s a unique word with unique spellings. The “k” sound at the start makes sense why some people spell is “kajol.”
16. Pharaoh
If you’ve watched Caletoprea, then you might know what Pharaoh is. Ancient Egypt rulers are known as Pharaoh. Most students, professionals, and even children are aware of this word, but not everyone knows the right spelling of this word.
17. Logorrhea
A communication disorder that leads to excessive wordiness is called logorrhea. It’s common in the medical world, but you can also use it to show off your vocabulary in essays or blogs. But don’t forget to add “rr” and make sure you end the word with “hea” instead of “hia”.
18. Pochemuchka
We all have (at least once in our lives) met that “how?-what?-why?-when?” person who just keeps on asking questions over questions. The term Pochemuchka is used for such people. Using “Pochemuchka” instead of “talkative” in your text will take your writing to the next level, which is what you probably want!
19. Weird
Weird smell! Weird road! Weird jacket! This word has got the privilege of being pronounced almost every day. It’s easy to utter, but the real challenge is spelling out this word. Skipping the “i” and mistakenly writing “werd” sounds obvious because of the “e” sound.
20. Gobbledegook
Pronouncing this word is hard and spelling out this word is even harder. Gobbledegook refers to a language that is difficult to comprehend and understand because of the overstuffing of irrelevant terms, just like this word. You can divide gobbledegook into smaller chunks i.e., “go-bble-de-gook” to learn the right spellings.
Left with 64 Hardest Words to Spell In English
21. Liquefy
This one looks simple, but when you try to spell it out, you’re probably going to swap the position of “e” with “i” just because the word has a linguistic relation with “liquid.”
22. Wednesday
You might be wondering why we’ve listed this easy word in our list. Well, Wednesday sounds easy just because it's pronounced millions of times in this entire world in just a single day. However, when spelling, most people skip the first “d” because it's silent when pronouncing.
23. Sherbet
A Turkish word, sherbet, is a famous Turkish drink. When borrowed in the English language, people started pronouncing this word as “sherbert” with an extra “r” before “t,” which is why it's often spelled as “sherbert.” It should be remembered that there is only one “r” in this word.
24. Bologna
Bologna, similar to sausages, is loved by most of us. Bologna is an Italian word and a famous meal. It’s difficult, yet an attractive word!
25. Indict
You’ll be surprised to hear that indict is pronounced as “inda-it.” Which justifies why people often skip the letter “c” when spelling out and write it as “indite” which is incorrect.
26. Playwright
