Survey Says: Few people can spell "definitely"

According to survey results released earlier this week, "definitely" is the most commonly misspelled word in the English language. "Definately" is a fairly common misspelling of it, but "defiantly" also draws high marks. What words filled out the rest of the top-ten list? Check them out:

1. Definitely (Definately)
2. Sacrilegious (Sacreligious)
3. Indict (Indite)
4. Manoeuvre (Maneouvre) [British spelling]
5. Bureaucracy (Beaurocracy)
6. Broccoli (Brocolli)
7. Phlegm (Phleghm)
8. Prejudice (Predjudice)
9. Consensus (Conscensus)
10.Unnecessary (Unecessary)

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