Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word..

Correct — B. The word printed is Measerement. The correct spelling is measurement — measure plus the suffix -ment, with the base word kept whole.

The fault is the middle vowel: -sure- has been written -sere-. Say it slowly, mea-sure-ment, and the u is audible.

Confidential, region and strengths are all spelt correctly, so the incorrectly spelt word is option (b).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  Confidential — Confidential is spelt correctly, con-fi-den-tial, with the -tial ending it shares with essential and influential. A correct spelling cannot be the answer to this stem.
• (c)
  Region — Region is spelt correctly. The g is softened by the i that follows it, and nothing in reg-ion is doubled or dropped.
• (d)
  Strengths — Strengths is spelt correctly, strength plus the plural s. The -ngths cluster looks improbable but is right, as in lengths.

Spelling items reward a habit rather than a rule: read each option syllable by syllable and listen for a sound the letters do not carry.

Measurement is measure + -ment. A suffix beginning with a consonant, like -ment, normally leaves the base word intact, so measure keeps its u and its final e.

That is why manage gives management and require gives requirement. Once you fix the base as measure, Measerement is visibly short of a u.

Key facts

• Measurement is spelt m-e-a-s-u-r-e-m-e-n-t, measure with -ment added.
• A suffix beginning with a consonant usually leaves the base word unchanged, as in management.
• Argument is the standing exception, dropping the e of argue.

Common traps

• Scanning only for a doubled letter and missing a plain vowel swap
• Reading Measerement quickly as Measurement, because the eye supplies the familiar word
• Doubting strengths, which looks odd but is correct

No directly related past PYQ was found.