Common mistakes in English

Over the last few years, we have corrected millions of words in the texts we have processed. Here, we present a list of common mistakes that we have found. The list is sorted according to the frequency with which we corrected the phrase. Not all corrections are present due to privacy concerns.

Position Before After
#401 mean means
#402 number numbers
#403 your you’re
#404 employee employees
#405 that when
#406 its it
#407 way ways
#408 in by
#409 look looked
#410 resource resources
#411 include includes
#412 as and
#413 open opened
#414 because as
#415 we we're
#416 sometime sometimes
#417 plan plans
#418 was had been
#419 anytime any time
#420 by in
#421 requirement requirements
#422 interest interests
#423 stop stopped
#424 and this This
#425 he’s his
#426 close closed
#427 find found
#428 came come
#429 there’s there are
#430 friend friends
#431 is as
#432 Thanks Thank
#433 share shared
#434 1st first
#435 about on
#436 and he He
#437 00pm 00 pm
#438 double check double-check
#439 off of
#440 am looking look
#441 build built
#442 and then
#443 organization organizations
#444 situation situations
#445 have been were
#446 how what
#447 those these
#448 choose chose
#449 I've I
#450 myself me

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