Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Concept

English spelling is governed by conventional word forms and by the spelling retained when a base word takes a suffix. Pronunciation alone may not reveal every letter, so the base and its derived form should be checked.

Application

The noun liquidity is formed from liquid with the suffix -ity. Its standard spelling keeps the sequence liqu- and does not insert c before q. Therefore, the presented form Licquidity is the incorrectly spelt word; the standard form is liquidity.

Contrast

• Impairment is the standard form built from impair + -ment.

• Licquidity contains the non-standard sequence cqu; the standard form is liquidity.

• Distinct is the standard form, ending in the consonant cluster -ct.

• Perspective is the standard form, with the sequence -spect-.

Cross-check

A dictionary lookup lists liquidity, impairment, distinct, and perspective as standard headwords. This independently isolates Licquidity as the misspelling.

Result: Licquidity is incorrectly spelt.