# What words do you misspell every single time you type them? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561 "2009-12-09T04:19:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/41 "2009-12-11T08:58:56Z")
> [@Kal](#): > > Most words with an ‘ie’ somewhere start out being typed with an ‘ei’. > > Words with double letters often end up with the letters after those being doubled up as well. Football normally comes out as foottball, for example. This is me. I always have to repeat the little rhyme to myself: I before E, except after C, Or when pronounced “ay,” as in “neighbor” and “weigh.” ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/42 "2009-12-11T10:34:21Z")
Or on Sundays and holidays and all throughout May And you’ll always be wrong no matter WHAT you say! ---
**Author:** ![Jamicat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Jamicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamicat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/43 "2009-12-11T12:30:53Z")
their :rolleyes: when I type fast the “I’s” seem to get pressed first. a second would be things that end in “LY” or “LLY”, “ALLY” “LIE” ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/44 "2009-12-11T13:46:49Z")
Mine are almost always typos, because I get paid for knowing how to spell, among other things. Words that I just cannot seem to type correctly are those that end in -ion. I always type them “ino,” so “mention” turns into “mentino,” “accommodation” become “accommodatino,” and so on. If I were speaking for my students, I would say the word they have the most trouble with is “definitely,” which almost always become “defiantly,” either because they originally type it that way or because they change it after doing a spellcheck. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/45 "2009-12-11T14:24:25Z")
> [@Emily\_Litella](#): > > I consider myself to be good speller, and I would swear it’s supposed to be spelled seperate but spell check says it’s supposed to be separate. Remember–there’s “a rat” in separate! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/46 "2009-12-11T15:16:37Z")
amount (ammount) the (hte) ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/47 "2009-12-11T15:34:37Z")
I always have trouble with: [ul][li]recommend[/li][li]occasionally[/li][li]accommodation[/ul][/li]I can never seem to get the double letters in these words in the correct place. I keep getting letters from this idiot contractor at work who consistently spells “intention” as “intension.” :rolleyes: The spell check included with Office apparently doesn’t catch it for him, because “intension” actually is a word, albeit an uncommon one, and not the word he intends to use. (Note that this contractor is an idiot for reasons other than his inability to spell.) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/48 "2009-12-11T16:12:02Z")
I’ve always been an excellent speller, but lately I’ve been having trouble typing words that contain apostrophes. Not a spelling problem, but a typing problem. My fingers just want to put the apostrophe in the wrong place. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/49 "2009-12-11T16:20:45Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Remember–there’s “a rat” in separate! 🙂 And there are no a’s buried in the cemetery! ---
**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:** [December 11, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/50 "2009-12-11T20:52:23Z")
When I’m typing quickly, I almost always type “guide” as “guild” (too much WoW, I guess). Also tend to type “field” as “firle” (no idea why). Also the standard “brain moving faster than fingers” typos like “teh” and “thikn”. As far as words I misspell consistently–there aren’t many (except for typos–I make plenty of those!) The only one I can think of off the top of my head is “LaBeouf” (the actor’s last name). Not that I have many occasions to type it since I don’t even particularly like the guy, but I pride myself on my spelling and I canNOT remember what order all those vowels come in! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/51 "2009-12-11T21:54:16Z")
Time to channel Michael Scott – convoluted tricks I have for remembering three of the words that’ve been mentioned here. First, I de-fin things nitely, then I take away an “n”: De – fin – nite – ly. **Definitely** I rest the gold rant: Rest – Au (symbol for gold) – rant. **Restaurant**. And while we’re ranting, I take Guar (which I get to my remembering the band GWAR isn’t from Guam), and make them my rant-ee. **Guarantee**. ---
**Author:** ![Cullain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cullain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cullain)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/52 "2009-12-12T04:36:55Z")
Not a misspelling, but then/than - I _always_ type the wrong one. Don’t know why, I know which one should be used when, but I just write the wrong one when I type. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/53 "2009-12-12T04:45:48Z")
Heirarchy and Carribean. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/54 "2009-12-12T08:07:00Z")
And minuscule. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/55 "2009-12-12T11:10:02Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > dislexic is apparently another word you often get wrong 😉 Anyways, I have a tendency to leave out the s at the end of plural words. I also tend to leave out words if I wind up thinking the words too much faster than I type. I’ve actually gotten into the habit of reading my stuff aloud as long as no one can hear me. I also have this annoying habit where, if I mistype a word, I can’t think how it should be spelled to fix it. Yet, if I hadn’t typed it wrong already, I could have spelled it correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/56 "2009-12-12T12:22:56Z")
separate ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/57 "2009-12-12T15:16:30Z")
My biggest problem is homophones. Eye no and can here the diffrance fein butt in Tai Ping will swerve like a drunk twixt spellings. ---
**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/58 "2009-12-12T20:55:47Z")
Property - Proeprty - Since I work in real estate, I spell this wrong about a dozen times a day. Outstanding - oustanding ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/59 "2009-12-12T21:12:03Z")
Broswer. Pronounced **brozz-wurr**. Like this thing I am looking at the SDMB on right now. ---
**Author:** ![Furry\_Mongoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Furry\_Mongoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furry_Mongoose)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561/60 "2009-12-13T00:17:30Z")
Inconvenience - unfortunately when I mess it up in work the Microsoft Word suggestion is incontinence, so instead of apologising for any inconvenience our error may be caused, I apologise for any incontinence we may have caused 😃 I have spotted it just before posting a few times but I just know I’ll get caught out one day! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-do-you-misspell-every-single-time-you-type-them/520561.md?page=4)