# Common mispellings that seem to be taking over. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058 "2007-06-22T21:53:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/1 "2007-06-22T21:53:29Z")
I can think of two mispellings that seem to be prevailing over their correct versions. Tounge for tongue and looser for loser. Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/2 "2007-06-22T21:54:45Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] I can think of two mispellings that seem to be prevailing over their correct versions. Tounge for tongue and looser for loser. Any others? [/QUOTE] I can definately think of one. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/3 "2007-06-22T22:02:34Z")
Someone in another thread commented on the distressing prevalence of perscription, and then a few days later I saw someone else use it a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/4 "2007-06-22T22:14:19Z")
‘Teh’ for ‘the’ is the one I hate most, mostly because I’m so often guilty of it myself. Also ‘myslef’ for ‘myself.’ But then there are the deliberate ones: ‘Lite’ for ‘light,’ and so on… _shrug_ I guess that’s how language evolves. Oh, musn’t resist this one… ‘Nuculer’ for ‘nuclear…’ ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/5 "2007-06-22T22:17:19Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] I can think of two mispellings that seem to be prevailing over their correct versions. [/QUOTE] Gaudere’s whatsitz strikes again with the thingy that it does! Perhaps you meant misspelling? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/6 "2007-06-22T22:22:28Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] I can definately think of one. [/QUOTE] Alright, what is it? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/7 "2007-06-22T22:29:40Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] Gaudere’s whatsitz strikes again with the thingy that it does! Perhaps you meant misspelling? 🙂 [/QUOTE] Aha well ya see I was being… eh… pobody’s nerfect. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/8 "2007-06-22T22:31:19Z")
Gaudere’s Law is interesting. I hadn’t heard of it before now **Fish**. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Ms.Pumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a87d85/32.png) [@Ms.Pumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms.Pumpkin)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/9 "2007-06-22T22:53:13Z")
inconvience instead of inconvenience ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/10 "2007-06-22T22:57:11Z")
sight for (web)site, peek or peak when they really mean pique. There are a lot of homophones that get switched on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/11 "2007-06-22T23:20:37Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] Alright, what is it? [/QUOTE] Per the OP, don’t you really won’t to type “allright”? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/12 "2007-06-22T23:21:44Z")
This one may have already been used, but what about “just desserts” for “just deserts”? ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/13 "2007-06-22T23:23:09Z")
[QUOTE=Coldfire] This one may have already been used, but what about “just desserts” for “just deserts”? [/QUOTE] Dammit, that was me, not my husband. I forgot that the pc automatically logs him in first. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/14 "2007-06-22T23:25:56Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Per the OP, don’t you really won’t to type “allright”? [/QUOTE] I considered adding a smiley, but I hoped people wouldn’t get whooshed. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/15 "2007-06-22T23:38:53Z")
One I’ve seen but not that often is Pre-Madonna for Prima Donna. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/16 "2007-06-22T23:43:46Z")
Thru ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/17 "2007-06-22T23:46:03Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Thru [/QUOTE] I came in here to post that. The word is THROUGH, dammit! Thru is a poetic contraction! Gah! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/18 "2007-06-23T00:13:53Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] One I’ve seen but not that often is Pre-Madonna for Prima Donna. [/QUOTE] I saw that once in an e-mail; I almost fell down. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/19 "2007-06-23T00:27:34Z")
People are starting to loose the ability to spell, but spelling is easy, is and it? Yes, I have really seen “is and it”. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058/20 "2007-06-23T00:29:20Z")
“could/would/should OF” is probably the number one now. It might almost be a lost battle, that one. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-mispellings-that-seem-to-be-taking-over/409058.md?page=2)