Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/C
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- cacaphony (cacophony)
- calander (calendar, calender, colander)
- calender (calendar, calender..machine)
- Califronia (California)
- Califronian (Californian)
- caligraphy (calligraphy)
- calloused (callused)
- callouses (calluses)
- calous (callous, callus)
- caluclate (calculate)
- caluclated (calculated)
- caluculate (calculate)
- caluculated (calculated)
- calulate (calculate)
- calulated (calculated)
- Cambrige (Cambridge)
- campain (campaign)
- campains (campaigns)
- candadate (candidate)
- canidate (candidate)
- cannister (canister)
- cannisters (canisters)
- cannonical (canonical)
- cannotation (connotation)
- cannotations (connotations)
- cant (can not, can't, cannot, cant)
- caost (coast)
- caperbility (capability)
- Capetown (Cape Town)
- captial (capital)
- captialize (capitalize)
- captian (captain)
- carachter (character)
- carcas (carcass, Caracas)
- card shark (card sharp)
- careing (caring)
- carismatic (charismatic)
- Carmalite (Carmelite)
- carmel (caramel, carmel-by-the-sea)
- carniverous (carnivorous)
- carrear (career)
- carreer (career)
- Carribbean (Caribbean)
- Carribean (Caribbean)
- Carthagian (Carthaginian)
- carthographer (cartographer)
- cartilege (cartilage)
- cartilidge (cartilage)
- cartrige (cartridge)
- casette (cassette)
- casion (caisson)
- cassawory (cassowary)
- cassete (cassette)
- cassowarry (cassowary)
- casted (cast)
- casulaties (casualties)
- casulaty (casualty)
- catagories (categories)
- catagory (category)
- Cataline (Catiline, Catalina)
- cathlic (catholic)
- catterpilar (caterpillar)
- catterpilars (caterpillars)
- causalities (casualties, causalities..causal)
- Ceasar (Caesar)
- Celcius (Celsius)
- cementary (cemetery)
- cemetarey (cemetery)
- cemetaries (cemeteries)
- cemetary (cemetery)
- cemetry (cemetery)
- cencus (census)
- censur (censor, censure)
- centenial (centennial)
- centruies (centuries)
- centruy (century)
- ceratin (certain, keratin)
- cerimonial (ceremonial)
- cerimonies (ceremonies)
- cerimonious (ceremonious)
- cerimony (ceremony)
- certainity (certainty)
- cervial (cervical, servile, serval)
- chalk full (chock-full)
- challange (challenge)
- [ challanged] (challenged)
- [ challanger] (challenger)
- Champange (Champagne)
- changable (changeable)
- charachter (character)
- charachters (characters)
- charaterized (characterized)
- charistics (characteristics)
- chariman (chairman)
- chasr (chaser, chase)
- cheif (chief)
- chemcial (chemical)
- chemcially (chemically)
- chemestry (chemistry)
- chemicaly (chemically)
- childbird (childbirth)
- childrens (children's)
- Chineese (Chinese}
- choise (choice)
- chomping at the bit (champing at the bit)
- choosed (chose, chosen)
- choosen (chosen)
- chronical (chronic, chronicle)
- Cincinatti (Cincinnati)
- Cincinnatti (Cincinnati)
- cipher (cypher..variant)
- circiut (circuit)
- ciricuit (circuit)
- civillian (civilian)
- cladded (clad)
- claded (clad)
- claer (clear)
- claerer (clearer)
- claerly (clearly)
- claimes (claims)
- clasic (classic)
- clasical (classical)
- clasically (classically)
- claustraphobia (claustrophobia)
- cleareance (clearance)
- clearence (clearance)
- clera (clear, sclera)
- clincial (clinical)
- clinicaly (clinically)
- close proximity (proximity)
- coerse (coerce)
- coform (conform)
- coinside (coincide)
- coinsidence (coincidence)
- colateral (collateral)
- collectable (collectible..variant)
- collectables (collectibles..variant)
- collegate (collegiate)
- collegue (colleague)
- collegues (colleagues)
- collonade (colonnade)
- collonies (colonies)
- collony (colony)
- collosal (colossal)
- collum (column)
- collumn (column)
- colouration (coloration..variant)
- comander (commander, commandeer)
- comando (commando)
- comandos (commandos)
- comback (comeback)
- comemmorate (commemorate)
- comencement (commencement)
- comerce (commerce)
- comercial (commercial)
- comision (commission)
- comisioned (commissioned)
- comisioner (commissioner)
- comisioning (commissioning)
- comisions (commissions)
- comission (commission)
- comissioned (commissioned)
- comissioner (commissioner)
- comissioning (commissioning)
- comissions (commissions)
- comited (committed)
- comiting (committing)
- comittee (committee)
- comitted (committed)
- comitting (committing)
- commandoes (commandos..variant)
- commemerative (commemorative)
- commerate (commemorate)
- commerating (commemorating)
- commeration (commemoration)
- commerative (commemorative)
- commerical (commercial)
- commerically (commercially)
- commericial (commercial)
- commericially (commercially)
- comming (coming)
- commision (commission)
- commisioned (commissioned)
- commisioner (commissioner)
- commisioning (commissioning)
- commisions (commissions)
- commited (committed)
- committment (commitment)
- comming (coming)
- committe (committee)
- commitee (committee)
- commiting (committing)
- commemmorate (commemorate)
- commmemorated (commemorated)
- commongly (commonly)
- communciation (communication)
- compair (compare)
- compaired (compared)
- compairison (comparison)
- compareable (comparable)
- comparision (comparison)
- comparitive (comparative)
- comparitively (comparatively)
- compatabilities (compatibilities)
- compatability (compatibility)
- compatable (compatible)
- compatablities (compatibilities)
- compatablity (compatibility)
- compatiblities (compatibilities)
- compatiblity (compatibility)
- competance (competence)
- competant (competent)
- compeeting (competing)
- competion (competition, completion)
- competive (competitive, completive)
- competively (competitively)
- competor (competitor, completor)
- comphrehensive (comprehensive)
- compitent (competent)
- complier (compiler)
- comprimise (compromise)
- comprises of (comprises, consists of)
- compromize (compromise)
- comprimize (compromise)
- comunity (community)
- concecutive (consecutive)
- concensus (consensus)
- concide (coincide)
- concider (consider)
- concidered (considered)
- conciders (considers)
- concience (conscience)
- concientious (conscientious)
- concious (conscious)
- conciously (consciously)
- conciousness (consciousness)
- condem (condemn)
- condemmed (condemned)
- condidtion (condition)
- condidtions (conditions)
- confectionary (confectionery..variant)
- conferance (conference)
- confidental (confidential)
- confidentally (confidentially)
- congradulations (congratulations)
- congresional (congressional)
- conived (connived)
- conjecutre (conjecture)
- Conneticut (Connecticut)
- conquerer (conqueror)
- conquerers (conquerors)
- conscent (consent)
- consdider (consider)
- consdidered (considered)
- consentrate (concentrate)
- consentrated (concentrated)
- consentrates (concentrates)
- consept (concept)
- consern (concern)
- conserned (concerned)
- conserning (concerning)
- conservitive (conservative)
- considerd (considered)
- consistancy (consistency)
- consistant (consistent)
- consistantly (consistently)
- consituencies (constituencies)
- consituency (constituency)
- consitutional (constitutional)
- constituional (constitutional)
- consitution (constitution)
- constituion (constitution)
- consolodate (consolidate)
- consolodated (consolidated)
- consonent (consonant)
- consonents (consonants)
- consorcium (consortium)
- constaints (constraints)
- constanly (constantly)
- constatn (constant)
- constituant (constituent)
- constituants (constituents)
- constituion (constitution)
- constituional (constitutional)
- construction sight (construction site)
- constuction (construction)
- consumate (consummate)
- consumated (consummated)
- contaiminate (contaminate)
- containes (contains)
- contamporaries (contemporaries)
- contamporary (contemporary)
- contemporaneus (contemporaneous)
- continous (continuous)
- continously (continuously)
- continueing (continuing)
- contravercial (controversial)
- contraversial (controversial)
- contraversy (controversy)
- contributer (contributor)
- contributers (contributors)
- controled (controlled)
- controling (controlling)
- controll (control)
- controlls (controls)
- controvercial (controversial)
- controvercy (controversy)
- controveries (controversies)
- controvery (controversy)
- conveinent (convenient)
- convenant (covenant)
- convential (conventional)
- convertable (convertible)
- convertion (conversion)
- convertor (converter)
- convertors (converters)
- convetional (conventional)
- conveyer (conveyor..variant)
- convienient (convenient)
- convinient (convenient)
- coordiantion (coordination)
- coorperation (cooperation, corporation)
- copywrite (copyright, copywrite)
- corosion (corrosion)
- corparate (corporate)
- corparation (corporation)
- corperate (corporate)
- corperation (corporation)
- correponding (corresponding)
- correposding (corresponding)
- correspondant (correspondent)
- correspondants (correspondents)
- corrispond (correspond)
- corrispondant (correspondent)
- corrispondants (correspondents)
- corrisponding (corresponding)
- corrisponded (corresponded)
- corrisponds (corresponds)
- costitution (constitution)
- coudl (could, cloud)
- could care less (couldn't care less)
- could of (could have)
- counceling (counseling)
- councelling (counseling)
- councellor (councillor, counselor, councilor)
- councellors (councillors, counselors, councilors)
- countains (contains)
- coururier (courier, couturier)
- cout (court, count. Some false positives from C code listings)
- coverted (converted, covered, coveted)
- cpoy (coy, copy)
- creaeted (created)
- critereon (criterion)
- criticists (critics)
- critising (criticising, criticizing)
- critisism (criticism)
- critisisms (criticisms)
- critisize (criticise, criticize)
- critisized (criticised, criticized)
- critisizes (criticises, criticizes)
- critisizing (criticising, criticizing)
- crucifiction (crucifixion)
- crusies (cruises)
- culiminating (culminating)
- cumulatative (cumulative)
- curch (church)
- currenly (currently)
- current flow (current, flow)
- current flowing (current)
- current passing (current)
- currrent (current)
- cutted (cut)
- cxan (can, cyan)
- cypher (cypher, cipher)

