Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Correct — C. Neccessary is the misspelling. The word is necessary — one c, two s's.

The old mnemonic is a shirt: one collar, two sleeves.

The rest are printed correctly. Connoisseur, privilege and dilemma all appear here in their standard spellings, which leaves option (c) as the faulty one.

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  Connoisseur — Connoisseur is spelt exactly as printed — double n in the middle, double s before the ending. The French shape makes it look wrong when it is right.
• (b)
  Privilege — Privilege is correct here. The usual errors are priviledge, with an intruding d, and privelege, with the vowels swapped, and neither is on the page.
• (d)
  Dilemma — Dilemma is correct — a double m and no n before it. The well-known misspelling dilemna does not appear in this option.

Spelling items reward knowing a short list of danger patterns: doubled letters, swapped vowels, ie against ei.

Necessary is a doubling case: one c, two s's.

The words beside it each have a point to hold: connoisseur (nn, ss), dilemma (mm), and privilege, which doubles nothing and ends -lege.

Key facts

• Necessary has one c and two s's.
• Connoisseur carries a double n and a double s.
• Privilege has no d in it and ends in -lege.
• Dilemma has a double m.

Common traps

• Doubling the c in necessary, which gives the printed Neccessary
• Marking connoisseur wrong because the spelling looks foreign
• Skimming the stem and hunting for the correctly spelt word

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