# What was the most badly spelled word on the SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 21, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162 "2002-12-21T02:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Blibbleblabble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@Blibbleblabble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blibbleblabble)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/41 "2002-12-24T23:35:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fear Itself \* > \*\*Lose, all too frequently spelled “loose”. \*\* A friend of mine said that on another site, he said “You’ll loose” and I said “loose?” and his reply was pretty good. He said “Yeah, as in you’re a loooooooooooser!!” I still don’t think he knows he spelled lose wrong though. Dang, this thread is making me paranoid on my spelling. I’m triple checking everything and I’ll still mis-spell something I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/42 "2002-12-25T21:22:41Z")
Did no-one else read this Thread title as 'the _most badly spelled_ word (i.e. the worst spelling abomination)? I vote for “waa laa” (voila)–I think it was in MrVisible’s ‘People Kibble’ thread. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/43 "2002-12-25T22:03:52Z")
As a joke, I once posted that people don’t know how to spell “corectally”. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/44 "2002-12-25T22:27:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > \*\*I’m definitely tired of seeing ‘definitely’ spelled with an ‘a’. > \*\* dafinitely? ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/45 "2002-12-26T02:41:50Z")
“color” instead of “colour”… _runs and hides from the americans_ ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/46 "2002-12-26T03:16:20Z")
Oh, this thread is _so **dissapointing** _. And its variants. I don’t know quite why that’s so commonly misspelled; perhaps it’s because people tend to hold on to that “s” sound when they speak. But it’s rapant. ---
**Author:** ![Pablito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@Pablito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pablito)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/47 "2002-12-26T04:11:24Z")
rapant ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/48 "2002-12-26T07:07:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beelzebubba \* > \*\*Do “gotcha ya” or “fucko off” apply? I was amused, anyway. I think most of the amusement came more from the people reacting to these than the mispellings themselves. \*\* That would be _misspellings_. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/49 "2002-12-26T07:12:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by splatterpunk \* > \*\*A few that I’ve seen repeatedly on the SDMB: > > argument (it’s _not_ arguement) > > judgment (it’s _not_ judgement) > \*\* Both _judgement_ and _judgment_ are correct spellings. Look at any modern dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/50 "2002-12-26T07:14:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lumpy \* > \*\*As a joke, I once posted that people don’t know how to spell “corectally”. \*\* I certainly don’t know how to spell “corectally”. I’m just one asshole doing the best I can. Now if I was _two_ assholes, I could probably manage the co-rectal thing. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/51 "2002-12-26T09:00:25Z")
definat(e)ly Site when one means cite. Cite when one means citation. “grammer” and “apoligize/apolagize/op§ola/igize”. Oppolagize, our home and native land… ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/52 "2002-12-26T11:31:27Z")
My current spelling irritation would be none other than “appartment” or “apartement” or similar bastardisations of “apartment”. AAAAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Max 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EhhMon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@EhhMon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EhhMon)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/53 "2002-12-26T14:20:27Z")
As mentioned before the words ‘definitely’ and 'misspelled" ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/54 "2002-12-26T17:18:52Z")
My vote goes for “loose” replacing “lose”. That one really annoys me. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/55 "2002-12-26T18:44:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OxyMoron \* > \*\*Oh, this thread is _so **dissapointing** _. > > And its variants. I don’t know quite why that’s so commonly misspelled; perhaps it’s because people tend to hold on to that “s” sound when they speak. But it’s rapant. \*\* Do you mean, “rampant”? Or did I get whooshed? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/56 "2002-12-27T16:10:13Z")
ooooops. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162/57 "2002-12-27T16:22:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ataraxy22 \* > \*\*The most commonly misspelled word I see here is likely “weird”. Forgot that i before e rule you learned in grade school–there are way too many exceptions!! \*\* Are THEY talking about me AGAIN??? I once saw a guy who wrote: “The Wathur was bad”. I think that was the worse spell of weather I’ve ever seen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-badly-spelled-word-on-the-sdmb/144162.md?page=2)