The following includes words from the Canadian Oxford Dictionary and CP Stylebook with troublesome spellings. Also included are some academic words often used at Memorial University.

• abscess
• accommodate
• advisor
• allotted
• alumnae rarely used (See Alumni section.)
• alumni most commonly used (See Alumni section.)
• alumna
• alumnus
• analyze not analyse
• anoint
• BA
• bachelor’s degree not capitalized
• bachelor’s degrees not bachelors’ degrees, and not capitalized
• battalion
• benefited
• Board of Regents or board in subsequent references (See Capitalization section.)
• B.Sc.
• buoy
• caffeine
• carburetor
• cemetery
• centre in past tense, centred
• chair a verb, as in "she will chair the meeting"
• chair a noun, when referring to a title (See Capitalization section.)
• College is capitalized when referring to a specific college in first reference: Grenfell College (See Capitalization section.)
• cirrhosis
• cocurricular
• college in subsequent references or general use (See Capitalization section.)
• colour
• coloration
• compatible
• confectionery
• connoisseur
• consensus
• co-ordinate
• co-operate
• dean in subsequent references (See Capitalization section.)
• deductible
• defence not defense
• delicatessen
• deterrent
• dilemma
• disappoint
• D.Litt. Doctor of Letters
• doctoral degree not capitalized
• doctorate not capitalized
• ecstasy
• e.g. meaning "for example." Use a comma before the abbreviation but not after.
• email (no hyphen)
• embarrass
• emeritus (masc.) (See Emeritus section.)
• English upper case (See Academic subjects section.)
• enrol, enrolled, enrolling
• enrolment
• ensure not insure (except when referring to insurance)
• etc. meaning "and so on." Do not use a comma before the abbreviation.
• faculty as in a group of professors, the professoriate
• Faculty as in an academic division, the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science (See Capitalization section.)
• fall semester, winter semester, spring semester (no caps)
• favour
• Fax or FAX (no period)
• Fellow, when referring to an academic Fellow, a Fellow of the Royal Society etc. (See Capitalization section.)
• first-year student, during first year
• focused
• focusing
• fulfil
• full time as an adverb, e.g. She works here full time. (modifies a verb or sentence)
• full-time as an adjective, e.g. He is a full-time student. (modifies a noun)
• fundraiser
• fundraising
• gauge
• Governor General no hyphen, upper case only when it precedes name
• governor general lower case in subsequent references and in general use without a name
• Grade 9, Grade 12, ninth grade
• grey
• harass, harassment
• hemorrhage
• honour
• Honours BA
• honours degree
• honorary degree
• honoris causa put in italics, indicating Latin words (See Italics section.)
• hygiene
• hypocrisy
• idiosyncrasy
• i.e. meaning "that is to say." Do not use a comma after the abbreviation.
• impostor
• impresario
• Inco
• infallible
• innocuous
• inoculate
• in regard to not ‘in regards to’
• install
• installation, installed
• instalment
• instill
• instilled
• interdisciplinary no hyphen
• Internet
• Inuit plural noun and adjective
• Inuk singular noun and adjective
• iridescent
• jewelry
• judgment
• khaki
• labour
• lead noun as in "a pencil lead"
• lead verb, present tense of "to lead"
• led verb, past tense of "to lead"
• literature not a synonym for English (there are many different types of literature)
• library in general terms, or in subsequent reference
• Library as in the QE II Library, capitalize on first reference with full name
• licence noun (as in driver’s licence, fishing licence)
• license verb (to grant a permit to, to authorize the use of, as in, he is licensed as a chiropractor, the restaurant is licensed to serve alcohol)
• lieutenant
• Lieutenant-Governor with hyphen, upper case only when it precedes a name
• litre
• LLD Doctor of Laws
• LLB Bachelor of Laws
• LLM Master of Laws
• MA
• master’s degree not capitalized
• master’s degrees not masters’ degrees, and not capitalized
• metre
• millennium
• Mother Nature
• Ms.
• M.Sc. (See Degrees section.)
• multilingual no hyphen
• multidisciplinary no hyphen
• non-profit
• numbers write one through nine as words, depict 10 and up as figures (See Numbers section.)
• occurrence
• online
• organization
• parallel
• paralleled
• paraphernalia
• parliament no caps
• part time as an adverb, e.g. She works here part time. (modifies a verb or sentence) part-time as an adjective, e.g. He is a part-time student. (modifies a noun)
• pavilion
• perseverance
• per cent (use % only in a table)
• percentage
• PhD no periods, stands for doctor of philosophy
• post-secondary
• prerequisite
• prerogative
• Principal upper case only when followed by a name, as in Grenfell College Principal John Ashton (See Capitalization section.)
• principle noun, meaning fundamental truth or law, as in the moral principle or she has no principles
• privilege
• professor emeritus
• professor emerita
• professores emeriti
• program not programme
• pro tempore (always italics)
• questionnaire
• rarefy
• reconnaissance
• Remembrance Day (not Armistice Day)
• restaurateur
• resuscitate
• rhythm
• sacrilegious
• semi-final
• senate in second and subsequent references or general use. (See Capitalization sections.)
• shepherd
• siege
• supersede
• surmise
• surprise
• theatre not theater (unless part of a proper name, esp. in the U.S.)
• ton - imperial measure
• tonne - metric measure
• U.S., but US when referring used with money, $50 US
• U.S.A.
• valour
• vapour
• versus use long form in text
• vs. use short form only in sports schedules and law cases
• vigorous
• vigour
• WAR: First World War, Second World War
• website
• weird
• well-known
• world renowned
• Yom Kippur