# Most annoying misspellings **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 3, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123 "2010-03-03T14:56:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/21 "2010-03-03T18:03:35Z")
Moreso. It’s TWO WORDS – more so. ---
**Author:** ![Khendrask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Khendrask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khendrask)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/22 "2010-03-03T18:20:28Z")
seperate I don’t know why, but I see that spelled as above all the time on message boards. More then the common spelling errors I see, many of which I attribute to typos, I cannot STAND txt msg speek. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/23 "2010-03-03T18:46:17Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Mine will always be _chaise lounge_ for _chaise longue_, although it’s been misspelled that way in the US since about 1950 so it’s included in some US dictionaries as an alternative spelling. :smack: I saw it on craigslist the other day as a “Shay’s lounge”… now why would they take away Shay’s things like that? Shay needs a place to sit, too. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/24 "2010-03-03T18:51:23Z")
It’s never alright to not be all right. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/25 "2010-03-03T18:56:30Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > Moreso. It’s TWO WORDS – more so. That ship [might have sailed](http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002208.html). ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/26 "2010-03-03T19:03:50Z")
It’s W-R-O-N-G people! Every single person spells it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/27 "2010-03-03T19:05:05Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > That ship [might have sailed](http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002208.html). Might of sailed. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/28 "2010-03-03T19:11:55Z")
“Ghandi” for “Gandhi” (although I suspect it’s become a meme and is now deliberate). ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/29 "2010-03-03T20:03:42Z")
I see “noone” here a lot. Unless you’re quoting e e cummings, or perhaps referring to a British singer, it’s “no one.” ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/30 "2010-03-03T20:20:26Z")
advice and advise ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/31 "2010-03-03T20:25:07Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Definately - seen here all the time. And, unlike most all other misspellings, it’s one that I am virtually certain is an Internet-spread meme; there’s no phonetic indication in the pronounciation that the offending “a” is actually said as an “a” sound (yes I know it’s a schwa, which is roughly a combination between a short e and u), so you just know the one illiterate idiot is just copying another illiterate idiot. Otherwise you’d see “definutely” or “definetely” all the time too. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/32 "2010-03-03T20:46:19Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Apostrophes in plurals, such as “Here are some photo’s”. The apostrophe has been so overused it might as well mean “Here comes an ‘s’, everybody!” Yes, yes, a million times yes! Why would people make the language _more_ complicated than it needs to be? Just to be… wrong! it’s = it is its = belongs to you’re = you are your = belonging to you Although it’s becoming commonplace, I still hate “alright.” I think it should remain “all right” forever. Ugh. And modifying the word “unique,” but that’s not a misspelling. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/33 "2010-03-03T20:47:20Z")
> [@Khendrask](#): > > More then the common spelling errors I see, many of which I attribute to typos, I cannot STAND txt msg speek. More **than.** ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/34 "2010-03-03T20:51:48Z")
Baseball, the great American past time. ---
**Author:** ![Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diver)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/35 "2010-03-03T20:59:20Z")
Peaked or peeked for piqued. As in - It peaked or peeked my interest. I also see break used instead of brake. As in - My breaks failed ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/36 "2010-03-03T21:05:59Z")
I know there are alternate spellings for any number of past tenses in verbs like: burned and burnt learned and learnt spilled and spilt but even if they are “correct” these bug me: turnt kilt (for killed) ruint fount ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/37 "2010-03-03T21:09:30Z")
“payed” drives me completely up the wall, as does “loose” for “lose”. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/38 "2010-03-03T21:10:50Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > Moreso. It’s TWO WORDS – more so. Everyday. When it’s an adverb, it’s TWO WORDS. “I shampoo my wombat every day.” It’s only “everyday” when you use it as an adjective. But what I’m really tired of is people who use “criteria” or “phenomena” when they mean “criterion” or “phenomenon.” ---
**Author:** ![RoniaBorkason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@RoniaBorkason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoniaBorkason)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/39 "2010-03-03T22:37:24Z")
Since other people have mentioned French loanwords, Spanish is ok, too, right? [Cojones](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cojones) are not [cajones](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caj%C3%B3n). My least favorite common misspelling is discrete/discreet. ---
**Author:** ![HotSmoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d9b06d/32.png) [@HotSmoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotSmoke)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/40 "2010-03-03T22:39:24Z")
People who spell “cool” as “kewl” I hate this with the white hot passion of a thousand burning suns. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123.md?page=3)