With spellcheckers and Google search at our fingertips these days, it’s very easy to rely heavily on technology to avoid misspellings rather than remembering them off the top of our heads.

If you’re nodding at this point and have ever been embarased embarrassed by your spelling, then you’ll be releaved relieved to hear more than half of British adults also struggle to spell common words.

New research found 40% of 2,000 adults said they rely on autocorrect to monitor their bad spelling, while 20% said they would panic without a spellchecking tool.

Although nearly half the respondents admitted they judged others on their poor spelling, more than 20% said they haven’t bothered with spelling since school.

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The study was commissioned by television channel Nick Jr UK to celebrate the UK launch of children’s literacy show Wallykazam! on Monday, October 6 at 4pm.

Just under a quarter of the 2,000 people questioned said they had been left red-faced by a spelling mistake made at work and around 20% said they used Google to check correct spellings.

Here are the 50 most common words that 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

Which words do you struggle to spell? Let us know in the Comments below.