# Consistently misspelled, non-complex words. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083 "2012-10-18T00:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/21 "2012-10-18T02:06:26Z")
What about people using infer when they mean imply, or vice versa? Or what about when people type visa versa when they mean vice versa? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/22 "2012-10-18T02:16:53Z")
> [@minionkat](#): > > judgement/judgment Both are correct spellings. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/23 "2012-10-18T02:17:58Z")
People writing that something “peaked” their interest… Or “Baited” breath… ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/24 "2012-10-18T02:25:21Z")
I used to play a lot of World of Warcraft, and was amazed at the number of people who ‘cued up’ or ‘got in the que’ for dungeons and raids. Also, since my main was a Gnome Rogue, I tended to get annoyed at the people who complained about ‘all those sneaky rouges’. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/25 "2012-10-18T02:26:21Z")
I’m an auditor in a nuclear facility. Today I was auditing some purchasing files and one buyer signed off all of his emails (going back at least two years) with “Regard’s.” These POs can be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and are issued to multinational suppliers. I weep. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/26 "2012-10-18T02:28:31Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > seperately instead of separately. (Remember: separate has A RAT in it.) > > random interchangeable use of affect / effect > > there / their / thier > > interchangeable use of stanch / staunch (Dammit, these words aren’t even approximately equal!) Good lord, I never realized that you “stanch” a wound. I didn’t even realize “stanch” was a word. :smack: Thanks for the heads up! ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/27 "2012-10-18T02:30:00Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m an auditor in a nuclear facility. Today I was auditing some purchasing files and one buyer signed off all of his emails (going back at least two years) with “Regard’s.” > > These POs can be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and are issued to multinational suppliers. > > I weep. It wasn’t from Shoda’n, was it 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/28 "2012-10-18T02:35:06Z")
> [@minionkat](#): > > Yeah, that’s a word, but not the one you are trying to use. This maybe should have been my OP title. 😃 > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Grammar. Everyone spells it grammer, usually correcting someone’s grammar! LOL. 😛 Eyeronic. > [@SCAdian](#): > > People writing that something “peaked” their interest… > > Or “Baited” breath… I bet a lot of people who _say_ the word “piqued” have no idea that it _isn’t_ spelled “peaked”. :smack: > [@Leaffan](#): > > I’m an auditor in a nuclear facility. Today I was auditing some purchasing files and one buyer signed off all of his emails (going back at least two years) with “Regard’s.” Send him an email back: “…Is what?” 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/29 "2012-10-18T02:49:52Z")
I second whoever mentioned DEFIANTLY FOR DEFINITELY. This one makes me want to flip tables. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/30 "2012-10-18T02:59:40Z")
> [@Imago](#): > > I second whoever mentioned DEFIANTLY FOR DEFINITELY. This one makes me want to flip tables. I freaking third it. It really bugs me! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/31 "2012-10-18T03:24:13Z")
“Guage” for “gauge”. I spelled “maybe” as “mabye” until I was about 15. I just found out that “adviser” is an acceptable alternative to “advisor”. It still looks wrong to me, though. (Maybe that’s because I learned some Latin back in high school.) ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/32 "2012-10-18T03:24:36Z")
> [@Imago](#): > > I second whoever mentioned DEFIANTLY FOR DEFINITELY. This one makes me want to flip tables. For a physics course, one of our big giant lab write-ups that was worth a huge portion of our grade was about electric _ **impedance** _. I was very proud of my report… until I got it back and saw that I had typed \*\*\*impudence \*\*\*THE ENTIRE WAY THROUGH. Circled in red EVERY, SINGLE, TIME. I never felt so ashamed in my life. I actually went to the professor and personally apologized and swore up and down I knew the difference. She laughed, but seriously reminded me to read things out loud. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/33 "2012-10-18T03:44:52Z")
> [@Imago](#): > > I second whoever mentioned DEFIANTLY FOR DEFINITELY. This one makes me want to flip tables. Ummm… Did it ever occur to anyone that people who write DEFIANTLY this way, might, y’know, actually know what they’re writing and MEAN it? :eek: ETA: Electricians of the world, unite! Resist impudence! Hahahahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/34 "2012-10-18T03:49:27Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Ummm… Did it ever occur to anyone that people who write DEFIANTLY this way, might, y’know, actually know what they’re writing and MEAN it? :eek: Hey!!! I defiantly know what I’m talking about here!!! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/35 "2012-10-18T03:50:45Z")
> [@Euryphaessa](#): > > Good lord, I never realized that you “stanch” a wound. I didn’t even realize “stanch” was a word. :smack: Thanks for the heads up! Even a rant in MPSIMS serves to fight ignorance! This is one of my pet peeves, as I see it so often in news articles. Actually, what you “stanch” is something that is flowing (I think). You stanch a wound to stop the blood flow. You can stanch a flood, or you can stanch a torrent of naughty words by banning a bad poster, or you can stanch the proliferation of nuisance lawsuits, etc. “Staunch” means “steadfast”. ETA: In fact, some fictionaries do suggest that staunch is a valid alternate spelling for stanch. These are “descriptivist” fictionaries that describe actual usage (even wrongful usage, if it starts to get common), whereby the wrongful uses evolve into rightful usage even though wrong. That’s the problem with descriptivist fictionaries. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/36 "2012-10-18T03:53:14Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Even a rant in MPSIMS serves to fight ignorance! This is one of my pet peeves, as I see it so often in news articles. > > Actually, what you “stanch” is something that is flowing (I think). You stanch a wound to stop the blood flow. You can stanch a flood, or you can stanch a torrent of naughty words by banning a bad poster, or you can stanch the proliferation of nuisance lawsuits, etc. > > “Staunch” means “steadfast”. If the bleeding is life-threatening, and you’re dealing with a hemophiliac, I recommend a staunch stanch. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/37 "2012-10-18T03:55:26Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Hey!!! I defiantly know what I’m talking about here!!! :mad: I resist your impudence! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/38 "2012-10-18T04:01:20Z")
I feel obliged to point out that “discreet” and “discrete” are both correct spellings, but for two different words. And if this OP was triggered by the current thread in GQ asking if spacetime is discrete, that’s actually the correct spelling for that context. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/39 "2012-10-18T04:02:26Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > If the bleeding is life-threatening, and you’re dealing with a hemophiliac, I recommend a staunch stanch. True but such measures are only temporary; if the wound isn’t cleaned and treated soon after, the blood, pus and bacteria will build up and one will find themselves with a staunch stanch stench. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consistently-misspelled-non-complex-words/638083/40 "2012-10-18T04:07:48Z")
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