For those who are learning English as a second language, I’m sure you know that English is one difficult language to master. We understand that. In all honesty, English can be tricky even for native speakers. Just take, for example, the most misspelled words by each state in America. Strangely (or not-so-strangely), Wisconsinites tend to have an issue spelling Wisconsin. Go figure.
If you’re from Massachusetts, apparently you might have had some trouble spelling “license” – does the ‘s’ come before the ‘c’, is there even a ‘c’ to begin with? Hard to know sometimes. Google compiled a list of the most misspelled words by each state, and the results are very interesting! Here are a few of our favorites:
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State |
Misspelled Word |
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Alaska |
Schedule |
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Florida |
Receipt |
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Illinois |
Appreciate |
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Mississippi |
Nanny |
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Tennessee |
Chaos |
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Wisconsin |
Wisconsin |
To check out the results for the rest of the states, follow this link.
According to Oxford English Corpus, an electronic compilation of over 2 billion English words, the list of the most misspelled English words is far greater and more complex than “schedule” and “chaos”. Words like “gist” make the list because, yes, it is spelled with a ‘g’, and not with a ‘j’ – even though it’s pronounced [jist]. *Palms face*. English can be quite the confounding language. Based on the Oxford list of most misspelled words, we chose a few to share with you:
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Correct Spelling |
Common Misspelling |
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Achieve |
Acheive |
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Bizarre |
Bizzare |
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Calendar |
Calender |
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Definitely |
Definately |
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Foreign |
Foriegn |
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Forward |
Foward |
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Happened |
Happend |
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Independent |
Independant |
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Knowledge |
Knowlege |
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Publicly |
Publically |
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Tongue |
Tounge |
To check out the full list, follow this link!
Learning a new language, especially one as complex and confusing as English, is tough work, and we applaud all of you that are attempting to master it!
