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Read the sentence.
The evidence is so compeling that the prosecutor expects the judgment to come immediately.
Which of these is not spelled correctly?

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Answer:

It's compeling... It's supposed to be compelling

Explanation:

Answer: The right answer is indeed "compeling," which should be spelled "compelling."

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that one of the rules of the English language states that the words that end with a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern, like compel, get a double consonant when they are followed by ED or ING, as in compelling. In addition,  in two-syllable words, like compel, if the stress is on the second syllable, as in compel, the word gets a double consonant when it is followed by ED or ING, hence the reason to write compelling with a double l.