For me common spelling mistakes include confusing some of these word pairs.

  • loose vs. lose
  • then vs. than
  • were vs. where
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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

The former is British, the latter is American. Noah Webster eliminated letter doubles in words where he thought the extra one didn't add anything useful. Another word that did the same thing is "level(l)ing".

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