# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/41 "2010-03-03T22:41:30Z")
> [@HotSmoke](#): > > People who spell “cool” as “kewl” I hate this with the white hot passion of a thousand burning suns. Settle down, Diane. ---
**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, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/42 "2010-03-03T22:46:42Z")
“teh” used to bother me, but now I just smirk. I think what did it was somebody paraphrased Dubya waxing eloquent about “teh intranets” and the hate just went away. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/43 "2010-03-03T23:01:47Z")
The one I see high school kids make [over and over](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mabye&start=10&sa=N) that steams me is mabye for maybe. For fuck’s sake, you learned the words may and be in first grade, shouldn’t mabye look wrong to you by high school??! ---
**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:** [March 3, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/44 "2010-03-03T23:04:49Z")
“Rediculous” makes me slappy. Ditto “bias”, as in “Maybe I’m just bias?”. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/45 "2010-03-03T23:14:34Z")
accept/except next store neighbor - OK, maybe it was said by someone who lives in a mall. And most of what has already been posted. It’s gotten to the point that I doubt myself when I write. Worst of all is when I use the wrong word even when I know the correct one - sometimes I can’t control my fingers. And for the record, sometimes I say \*viola \*for \*voila \*just to be a wiseacre. I do know the difference. ---
**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, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/46 "2010-03-03T23:29:54Z")
\<\< Tangential Comment \>\> Some time ago I started a thread where you had to misspell every word in your post – or try to. Why doesn’t somebody start one where you have to use as many wrong words and malapropisms as possible and still “make sense.” \<\< End of Tangential Comment \>\> ---
**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, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/47 "2010-03-03T23:37:00Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > Settle down, Diane. Who the fuck is Diane? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/48 "2010-03-04T00:22:41Z")
Congradulations. Is it a greetings card thing? ---
**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 4, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/49 "2010-03-04T00:58:12Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > The one I see high school kids make [over and over](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=mabye&start=10&sa=N) that steams me is mabye for maybe. For fuck’s sake, you learned the words may and be in first grade, shouldn’t mabye look wrong to you by high school??! Huh. Before this moment, I have never seen “maybe” misspelled. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/50 "2010-03-04T00:59:00Z")
> [@Diver](#): > > I also see break used instead of brake. > As in - My breaks failed I once saw a bumper sticker which said “I break for small animals.” Never did figure out if it was a deliberate joke or not. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/51 "2010-03-04T01:00:56Z")
[Anything with an apostrophe.](http://www.angryflower.com/aposter.html) I’d post that picture every time if we were allowed inline photos. ---
**Author:** ![metronome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@metronome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metronome)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/52 "2010-03-04T02:13:51Z")
Hmm, let’s see. There’s of coarse, wreck havic, wreckless/reckless, perscription, on sell, chalk full, speach… I really miss the letter D, which seems to be vanishing from the ends of words. I see a lot of misspellings like, “I’m suppose to buy slice ham like I use to.” Also, where on the body is the mid-drift? ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/53 "2010-03-04T02:25:10Z")
“Persay” drives me up the wall. It’s PER SE people. And you can’t use it as a synonym for “exactly.” Like when you’re talking about your fuck buddy and you say, “He’s not my boyfriend per se.” That’s wrong and you should be slapped with a wet trout. ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/54 "2010-03-04T02:53:29Z")
There are certain words I have trouble with like physical and physician. Grammar is not my strong point. Apostrophe’s, commas, etc. You, your, you are, you’re…? :smack: ---
**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 4, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/55 "2010-03-04T02:59:18Z")
Wait - did you do that one on purpose? ---
**Author:** ![jkirkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jkirkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkirkman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/56 "2010-03-04T03:19:01Z")
Though I have seen most of the ones already mentioned, I have an unreasonable hatred for two– “bumber sticker” and “bikini top” (when referencing a bimini top–an open-front top for the cockpit of a boat or a CJ-series Jeep) Somewhere in time, someone probably referenced seeing a Jeep with a “bikini top and a lot of bumber stickers.” I hope that hypothetical person got a really nasty paper cut. ---
**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 4, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/57 "2010-03-04T03:27:56Z")
> [@metronome](#): > > wreckless/reckless I think I’ve been on record about this one here before, but the left-hand version actually would mean the opposite of what is typically intended. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/58 "2010-03-04T03:47:44Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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 I’m curious why you felt the need to include the usage lesson. With the exception of the occasional hasty typo, I think we’re all up to speed on the difference between its and it’s. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/59 "2010-03-04T04:49:31Z")
And one more time, the one that really makes me scream and throw things. The past tense of ‘to lead’ is NOT ‘lead’! I know it’s easy to confuse it with ‘read’, but it is NOT the same. Just stop it! ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123/60 "2010-03-04T05:21:58Z")
“loose” (for “lose”) “definately” and even worse “defiantly” (“definitely”) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-annoying-misspellings/531123.md?page=4)