100 Common Uncommon words is a collection of some of the most interesting words in the English language. It's a collection of the misused, misspelled, fascinating and amazing words we use to share our ideas.

Any collection of vocabulary terms for students should, I believe, focus on language they are going to encounter and use the most in the real world.

As you can guess from the title, the terms in this text were chosen because they are more infrequently encountered and yet well known to native speakers. In fact many of the words here are likely to be misused or misspelled by native speakers.

To that end, each entry in the book offers easier or more common words and expressions and encourages students and teachers to use them in practice drills.

My hope is that the study of these will help students identify simpler ways of saying the same things while increasing their vocabulary and love of language. If these images are a help to you and your students, then I’ll be really pleased.

This book is aimed at upper-intermediate to advanced students of English.