Spellings

Affluence is the correct spelling meaning wealth or abundance. Affluience incorrectly uses -ience, while Affluense and Affluiense are non-standard spellings.

Controversy is the correct spelling. The middle syllable uses 'o' and 'e' (con-TROV-er-sy), not 'a' variants. Contraversy, Contrevarsy, and Controvarsy are incorrect.

Competency with -cy ending is the correct spelling for ability or skill. Competancy incorrectly uses -y, while Compatency and Compatancy are misspelled.

Routine is the correct spelling. The 'ou' combination is key (rou-TINE). Rotine, Routeen, and Routien are incorrect spellings.

Insignia is the correct spelling for a distinguishing badge or emblem. It uses 'i' after 'n' (in-SIG-ni-a). Insinia, Insignea, and Insinea are incorrect.

Discontinuance is the correct spelling meaning the act of discontinuing. It ends in -ance like many similar nouns. Discontinuanse, Discontinuence, and Discontinuense are incorrect.

Philatelist is the correct spelling for a stamp collector. It begins with 'Phil' not 'Fil', and uses 'atelist' not 'atalist'.

Sophistication is the correct spelling meaning refinement or complexity. It uses 'ph' not 'p', and ends in '-tion' not '-sion'. Sopistication, Sophisticasion, and Sopisticasion are incorrect.

Philadelphia is the correct spelling of the city name. It uses 'ph' twice and ends with 'ia' not 'fia'. Philadelfhia, Philadelfia, and Filadelphia are incorrect.

Latency is the correct spelling referring to a time delay or pause. Options A, C, and D are incorrect spellings (latensie, latencie, latensy). In computing and networking, latency specifically means the delay before data transfer begins.

'Calendar' is the correct spelling for the system of organizing days. The word comes from the Latin 'calendarium,' meaning 'account book.' Remember: one 'a' in the middle, not 'e' - it's C-A-L-E-N-D-A-R.

'Committee' is the correct spelling with double 't' and double 'e' at the end. It's one of the few English words that uses this double-double pattern. Remember: it's COMMITTEE - both 'm' and 't' are doubled.

'Corridor' is the correct spelling for a hallway or passage. It has double 'r' but single 'o' after the first syllable. Remember: COR-RID-OR - only the middle 'r' is doubled, not the 'o'.

'Caffeine' is the correct spelling with double 'f' and single 'e' after 'f'. Option B is correct. Option A adds 'i', option C misses an 'f', and option D has 'ie' instead of 'e'.

'Desiccated' is the correct spelling with double 's' after 'e' and single 'c' after 'i'. Option C is correct. Options A and B incorrectly place double 'c', while option D misses one 's'.