# a handi guide two commenly mispelled words **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 28, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691 "2001-11-28T13:45:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![abuse\_angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@abuse\_angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abuse_angel)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/1 "2001-11-28T13:45:29Z")
for all of you who still haven’t grasped the concept of spell-check (or, hell, dictionaries): illegal referred transferred anyone else want to make a contribution to the list? ---
**Author:** ![sirjamesp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sirjamesp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirjamesp)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/2 "2001-11-28T13:48:53Z")
I’m not so sure about the spelling list, but I reckon that a tool that is just as useful as the dictionary is the SHIFT key. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/3 "2001-11-28T13:51:59Z")
'commenly '? d&r ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/4 "2001-11-28T13:55:25Z")
Not only commenly… but handi? ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/5 "2001-11-28T13:58:11Z")
_WHOOSH_ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/6 "2001-11-28T13:58:45Z")
Did everyone else hear that “whooshing” sound? 😉 How about ‘weird’? ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/7 "2001-11-28T13:59:49Z")
Jinx; buy me a coke! ---
**Author:** ![tavalla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tavalla/32/89_2.png) [@tavalla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tavalla)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/8 "2001-11-28T14:13:34Z")
You got me, **Spritle**. I owe you a coke. They’re, their and there: the number of times one sees them in the wrong place… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/9 "2001-11-28T14:26:45Z")
**abuse angel** said two misspelled words, and then gave three. I don’t get it. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/10 "2001-11-28T14:29:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tavalla \* > They’re, their and there: the number of times one sees them in the wrong place… \*\* DING DING DING DING DING! And we have a winner!!! I work with documentation and you have NO idea how much this mistake is made. Some people, while aware that there are three spellings, seem to make no distinction between their definitions. I’ll see them used interchangably within the same piece of work. AGHHHH! Also To Too Two These are little words people!!! Please learn how to use them correctly. When you say you want two go too the store with you’re sisters, but can’t because their to slow----You sound INGNORANT! I picture you being kicked out of third grade after your fourth time through because they couldn’t get you to stop eating the paste. Fair warning. bella ---
**Author:** ![johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnson)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/11 "2001-11-28T14:34:10Z")
Its and it’s. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/12 "2001-11-28T14:38:19Z")
Your and You’re Occ… oca. occasi… ocassio… ARGH. [sub]occasionally[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/13 "2001-11-28T14:43:47Z")
/seen on a college campus/ EXCEPT THE CHALLENGE! /seen on a college campus/ I refused to apply there! ---
**Author:** ![MarkF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MarkF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkF)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/14 "2001-11-28T14:47:18Z")
The affect of this thread is not effecting me at all, no sir. /makes little whimpering noise… whimper \ ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/15 "2001-11-28T14:53:17Z")
[Ahem](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=69108). ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/16 "2001-11-28T14:56:37Z")
Recently saw a charitable organisation with a sign up that said:\*\* We no longer except electronic goods\*\* ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/17 "2001-11-28T14:58:25Z")
“Forward” for “foreword.” I just sent an e-mail to People magazine about this, whose latest issue reveals that Harrison Ford is writing the “forward” to a book. Maybe he can write a backward too. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/18 "2001-11-28T15:41:40Z")
“than” vs “then” All those friggin’ “-ent,” “-ant,” “-ence” and “-ance” words. (Ya know, that whole American conventions of putting commas within quotes really bothers me in series.) “Pronunciation” NOT “pronounciation.” “Restaurateur” NOT “Restauranteur.” (OK, not exactly a common word on this board.) “Judgment” NOT “judgement.” “'ve” NOT “of,” i.e. “should’ve” vs “should of.” “Poinsettia” (I actually had to look that up. I always forget, coming up with variations like “poinsetta,” “poinsietta,” and the such.) And a host of others I cannot remember. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/19 "2001-11-28T16:05:34Z")
mast_ **U** _rbate ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691/20 "2001-11-28T16:21:10Z")
I would imagine “its” and “it’s” are the most commonly misspelled words in the English language. But one I keep seeing and don’t understand is when people spell “lose” as “loose.” Drives me crazy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-handi-guide-two-commenly-mispelled-words/95691.md?page=2)