# The most frequently misspelled words online (your spelling pet peeves) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158 "2003-02-01T20:53:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mahatmacoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@mahatmacoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mahatmacoat)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158/61 "2003-02-03T03:56:37Z")
Deja vous ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158/62 "2003-02-03T03:57:53Z")
Welcome to the Board, **mahatmacoat**! (Say, are you named after a now-closed Indian restaurant in London?) ---
**Author:** ![mahatmacoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@mahatmacoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mahatmacoat)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158/63 "2003-02-03T04:24:32Z")
um, no. Really I just lurk, mostly. ---
**Author:** ![mahatmacoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@mahatmacoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mahatmacoat)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158/64 "2003-02-03T04:26:56Z")
Thank You for the welcome, Duke. ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158/65 "2003-02-03T04:56:01Z")
I confess, I screw up my apostrophe placement all the time. I am scum. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158/66 "2003-02-03T06:18:33Z")
As I mentioned the last time this came up, the one that really gets me is “lead” for the past tense of “to lead”. Our local newspaper does this all the time. I think it’s a spell-check error. ---
**Author:** ![TwungTister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TwungTister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwungTister)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158/67 "2003-02-03T16:02:41Z")
_See “what annoys you” thread._ Exce\*\*‘ **s** ’ **sive u** ’ **se of apo** ’ **strophe** ’\*\*s. WR for just R – using an older word incorrectly. Your \ you’re Athiest. Worst of all: LAY. _It’s the truth: you’re lying on the couch!_ ---
**Author:** ![umgabri2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e8c25b/32.png) [@umgabri2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umgabri2)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158/68 "2003-02-03T16:56:28Z")
Santa Clause. ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158/69 "2003-02-03T18:04:49Z")
‘Whose’ and ‘who’s’. You have to look no further than the SDMB this morning for that. OTH, I’m one who can’t keep effect/affect straight and I spent 2 years on a copy desk. ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158/70 "2003-02-03T23:23:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Archergal \* > I follow a bowhunting message board. A lot of guys talk about “knocking” an arrow (instead of nocking). Isn’t it “notching,” as in putting the string into the notch of the arrow? My personal pet peeves are their/there/they’re and your/you’re confusion. It’s really not all that difficult, people! ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158/71 "2003-02-03T23:40:59Z")
Loose vs. lose is a relatively new offense in my experience. There vs. their or even they’re is stunning but the all time irrational cork popper is **WIERD**. Bugs me. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158/72 "2003-02-04T00:45:07Z")
Nope, it is indeed _nocking_. ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158/73 "2003-02-04T00:55:53Z")
your/you’re. I read a lot of fanfiction, where ocasionally the spelling/grammar is so bad it’s painful. The your/you’re mixup is one of the most common errors, and I will always, always start my review with ‘you’re = you are. Your is a possesive pronoun. Arg.’ alot. I haven’t got this wrong since 4th form, when my latin teacher wrote ‘a’ on one side of the board and ‘lot’ on the other. He then assigned extra translations to anyone that got it wrong after that. Textspeak anywhere other than text messaging annoys me no end. cu l8r is the worst way to end any text conversation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-frequently-misspelled-words-online-your-spelling-pet-peeves/152158.md?page=3)