Embarrassment, occasionally and necessary have been listed among the words
Britons have most difficulty spelling.

Researchers who studied 2,000 adults found that more than half had problems
spelling commonly used words.

The list included accommodate, questionnaire and rhythm. Conscience also
proved tricky, along with occurrence, restaurant and guarantee.

The research, commissioned by the television channel Nick Jr. UK to mark its
new literacy-based show, Wallykazam!, found that 40 per cent of people
confessed that they rely on autocorrect technology to monitor their
spelling.

More than one in five would panic if they were forced to abandon spellchecking
technology and rely on their own knowledge.

Nearly half of people admitted they judged others if their spelling was poor,
while just under a quarter of people admit they have been embarrassed by a
spelling mistake they made at work.

One in five said they tended to Google a word to check its correct spelling.

50 common words Britons struggle to spell:

1.Embarrassment

2.Fluorescent

3.Accommodate

4.Psychiatrist

5.Occasionally

6.Necessary

7.Questionnaire

8.Mischievous

9.Rhythm

10.Minuscule

11.Conscience

12.Xylophone

13.Pronunciation

14.Graffiti

15.Millennium

16.Occurrence

17.Exhilarate

18.Restaurant

19.Accessory

20.Guarantee

21.License

22.Separate

23.Believe

24.Colleague

25.Definite

26.Humorous

27.Weird

28.Symphony

29.Illicit

30.Species

31.Appearance

32.Possession

33.Vacuum

34.Changeable

35.Queue

36.Acquire

37.Receipt

38.Receive

39.Difficulty

40.Foreign

41.Discipline

42.Equipment

43.Business

44.Relevant

45.Beautiful

46.Technology

47.Neighbour

48.Friend

49.Religious

50.Government