# Find the most prolific misspelling **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 3, 2002, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-most-prolific-misspelling/117182 "2002-07-03T10:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-most-prolific-misspelling/117182/41 "2002-07-07T03:11:08Z")
“copywrite”–90,900 “nevermind”–273,000 Darn it, all the good ones are taken. ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-most-prolific-misspelling/117182/42 "2002-07-07T05:08:28Z")
Of course, some websites celebrate the typos Here in Portland, OR, there’s a store that sells really cool lights and household fixtures, etc. They’re called Rejuvenation House Parts. They’ve registered both [www.rejuvenation.com](http://www.rejuvenation.com) and [www.rejuvination.com](http://www.rejuvination.com) That’s not unusual - a lot of website owners do this. But in Rejuvenation’s case, they have a little fun with the incorrect address… As for the game - maintainance = 83,800; seperation = 72,200; retreive = 59,000; maintanance = 20,200; imediately = 16,800 And to Horseflesh - “licence” is a common UK spelling. ---
**Author:** ![boyohboy17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@boyohboy17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boyohboy17)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-most-prolific-misspelling/117182/43 "2002-07-07T05:44:22Z")
I searched for “the” as a gross misspelling of “word.” As you can imagine, I got a great many hits. ---
**Author:** ![TheRob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@TheRob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheRob)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-most-prolific-misspelling/117182/44 "2002-07-07T05:54:20Z")
tomarrow Results 1 - 10 of about 35,300. Search took 0.07 seconds ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-most-prolific-misspelling/117182/45 "2002-07-07T12:02:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Efrem \* > \*\*What does **warez** misspell? Isn’t that a valid name for a product. \*\* No, a valid name for ‘warez’ would be illegally copied & distributed software. Just ask the people arrested in [Operation Buccaneer](http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/hot-new/pressrel/2001/1211-00.htm). > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by TVGuy_ > **"licence" is a common UK spelling.** Thanks **TVGuy**. I kinda thought so but [www.m-w.com](http://www.m-w.com) didn’t even list it as a British variant, although they do for armour/honour/colour/apologise. ---
**Author:** ![Efrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@Efrem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Efrem)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-most-prolific-misspelling/117182/46 "2002-07-07T19:22:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\*No, a valid name for ‘warez’ would be illegally copied & distributed software. \*\* That would be a definition for the word ‘warez’. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-most-prolific-misspelling/117182/47 "2002-07-07T19:34:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by typhoon \* > **"nevermind"–273,000** I’d put money on most of those hits being related to the Nirvana album, not a misspelling per se. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-most-prolific-misspelling/117182/48 "2002-07-08T01:52:03Z")
“existance”–227,000 “relevence”–11,600 (one of them was on the “Relevence of Education,” though) “relevent”–101,000 ---
**Author:** ![refusal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-most-prolific-misspelling/117182/49 "2002-07-08T16:15:54Z")
Searched the web for alot. Results 1 - 10 of about 1,800,000. Search took 0.13 seconds But, of the top 10, one is an abbreviation and 2 are Hebrew. Also, one is on spelling errors. ---
**Author:** ![TheRob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@TheRob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheRob)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-most-prolific-misspelling/117182/50 "2002-07-08T20:07:40Z")
So do we have a definative winner ? ---
**Author:** ![Efrem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@Efrem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Efrem)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-most-prolific-misspelling/117182/51 "2002-07-09T03:30:00Z")
> [@](#): > > So near > Searched the web for alot. Results 1 - 10 of about 1,800,000. Search took 0.13 seconds > > But, of the top 10, one is an abbreviation and 2 are Hebrew. Also, one is on spelling errors. You are about 13 posts too late with that entry. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-most-prolific-misspelling/117182/52 "2002-07-09T04:37:00Z")
**ammount** about 42,300. Search took 0.11 seconds Damn, didn’t win! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-most-prolific-misspelling/117182.md?page=2)