ABSTRACT
Some of the commonest spelling mistakes involve homophonous affixes. These include the following:
<-ant/-ent>, <-ance/-ence>, <-ancy/-ency>:
<-able>, <-ible> in adjectives;
<-er>, <-or> in agent nouns;
stressed <-eer>, <-ier> in agent nouns;
stressed <-ette>, <-et> in nouns;
<-ice>, <-is> in nouns;
<-ise>, <-ize> in verbs;
the prefixes <en-> and <in->.
