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Spelling
3 posts tagged Spelling from Dr Mariam's OET writing team.
Adverse or Averse, Counsellor or Councillor: Spelling Traps With Different Meanings
Adverse or averse? Counsellor or councillor? In OET writing these near-identical pairs swap one or two letters and change what your letter means. Learn both rules.
OET WritingLanguageVocabularySpellingUpdated 7 November 2026
Compliant or Complaint, Elicit or Illicit: Near-Homophone Traps That Change Clinical Meaning
Compliant or complaint? Elicit or illicit? In OET writing these near-homophones swap a single letter and change what your letter actually says. Learn both rules.
OET WritingLanguageVocabularySpellingUpdated 5 November 2026
Advice or Advise, Practice or Practise: The Noun-vs-Verb Spelling Rule in OET Writing
Advise or advice, practice or practise — both pairs follow the same UK noun-vs-verb spelling rule. Learn it once in OET writing and fix both errors for good.
OET WritingLanguageSpellingVocabularyUpdated 31 October 2026