# What words are spelled wrong, in your opinion? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 24, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660 "2017-02-24T19:44:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/81 "2017-03-02T18:35:14Z")
Tragic --\> tragically. Magic --\> magically. Music --\> musically. Basic --\> basically. Geographic --\> geographically. Geometric --\> geometrically. So… Public --\> publicly. Oh, bullshit. It should be “publically.” ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/82 "2017-03-02T18:42:32Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Creating words with two or more silent letters in them should be a capital offence. I guess the French will have to form a queue. Anyway, “debt” would be “det” in any honest world; the fashion for trying to make English into Latin was stupid then and has not improved with age. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/83 "2017-03-02T18:46:48Z")
“Iron” should definitely be “iearn” or “iurn”. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/84 "2017-03-02T20:03:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > There’s only one word in the dictionary that’s spelled wrong. And it’s not “gullible,” which isn’t in there at all. ---
**Author:** ![dunkleosteus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkleosteus/32/9331_2.png) [@dunkleosteus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dunkleosteus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/85 "2017-03-02T22:01:18Z")
Theater, center should be theatre and centre. Harbor, armor, labor, honor, clamor, color, demeanor, enamor, favor, favorite, humor, parlor, rigor, rumor, tumor, and vapor should be spelled harbour, armour, labour, honour, clamour, colour, demeanour, enamour, favour, favourite, humour, parlour, rigour, rumour, tumour, and vapour. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/86 "2017-03-03T19:14:11Z")
> [@dunkleosteus](#): > > Theater, center should be theatre and centre. Harbor, armor, labor, honor, clamor, color, demeanor, enamor, favor, favorite, humor, parlor, rigor, rumor, tumor, and vapor should be spelled harbour, armour, labour, honour, clamour, colour, demeanour, enamour, favour, favourite, humour, parlour, rigour, rumour, tumour, and vapour. > > 🙂 Spelled that way, those words scream “Look, the French invaded us over a thousand years ago and we’re still using their language!” At least Americans don’t carry that shame. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/87 "2017-03-04T01:40:28Z")
“February” should be spelled “Febuary.” “Sacrilegious” should be spelled “Sacreligious”. I agree about “comftorble.” ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/88 "2017-03-04T19:59:56Z")
yacht --\> yaht alcohol --\> alchohol ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/89 "2017-03-04T20:09:31Z")
> [@Totenfeier](#): > > “gray” should be “grey.” “Gray” doesn’t look like the color to me; “grey” does (synesthesia). Same here! My synesthesia is mostly on numbers and vowels, and e is a whitish grey. A is a maroony red and doesn’t belong in grey. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/90 "2017-03-04T21:30:49Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > 'Aluminium" is the British spelling and pronunciation. Aluminum is what normal people say (aka Americans). It is a trap used to catch spies. Americans did call it “aluminium” early on. I’ve heard it in 1930s movies. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/91 "2017-03-04T21:35:06Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Restaurant > > Should be resteraunte. Don’t forget about Restaura **n** teur ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660/92 "2017-03-04T21:46:50Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > I read this yesterday, and it seems appropriate to post it here. > > English Pronunciation by G. Nolst Trenité > > Dearest creature in creation, > Study English pronunciation… My grandmother, rest her soul, was an outstanding speech and dramatic arts teacher. She would have loved to read this aloud, as she often did – unfailingly – with tongue twisters the kids brought her. Try reading [Petey the Snake](https://wintersong.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/the-story-of-petey-the-snake/) to a class of snickering highschoolers without stumbling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-are-spelled-wrong-in-your-opinion/780660.md?page=4)