One Hundred Spelling Demons of the English Language*

which	been	writing	country	ready	guess	choose	early	very	read
their	since	heard	February	forty	says	tired	instead	none	said
there	used	does	know	hour	having	grammar	easy	week	hoarse
separate	always	once	could	trouble	just	minute	through	often	shoes
don’t	where	would	seems	among	doctor	any	every	whole	tonight
meant	women	can’t	Tuesday	busy	whether	much	they	won’t	wrote
business	done	sure	wear	built	believe	beginning	half	cough	enough
many	hear	loose	answer	color	knew	blue	break	piece	truly
friend	here	lose	two	making	laid	though	buy	raise	sugar
some	write	Wednesday	too	dear	tear	coming	again	ache	straight

*W. Franklin Jones,
Concrete Investigation of the Material of English Spelling
(Vermillion, South Dakota: University of South Dakota, 1913) p.24