# Words that always seem spelled wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572 "2011-07-19T13:06:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/21 "2011-07-19T19:02:08Z")
Weird Wednesday Separate ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/22 "2011-07-19T20:11:34Z")
opportunity - I can never get the right number of "p"s. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/23 "2011-07-19T20:58:46Z")
Dalmatian. Ditto separate. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/24 "2011-07-19T21:02:51Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > So did you. It’s wrong on so many levels. ---
**Author:** ![sherrycherie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@sherrycherie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sherrycherie)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/25 "2011-07-19T22:04:46Z")
Tucson ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/26 "2011-07-19T22:05:47Z")
skiing the double “i” just doesn’t look right ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/27 "2011-07-19T22:18:25Z")
Bourgeoisie That first “i” always throws me. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/28 "2011-07-19T22:31:37Z")
Colleagues ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/29 "2011-07-19T22:37:01Z")
Acknowledge - I often misspell it acknowlege Believe - beleive Guarantee - gauruntee Separate - seperate Similar - simular ---
**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/30 "2011-07-19T22:39:22Z")
Fåtölj. It should be spelled “fotölj”. I’ll never get used to it, and I’m slightly annoyed that I’m wrong. (For you foreigners, it’s a Swedish word.) ---
**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:** [July 19, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/31 "2011-07-19T22:41:39Z")
focused or focussed. Both valid variants. Neither looks right. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/32 "2011-07-19T22:49:25Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > dachschund? fuck me, I’m not even sure if that’s right It’s not. (and no I won’t) [Dachshund](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachshund). I’ll be honest for once - I was fairly certain you had misspelled it, but wasn’t about to say so without checking google! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/33 "2011-07-20T00:12:18Z")
Judgment. Why isn’t there an ‘e’ in the middle? ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/34 "2011-07-20T00:20:33Z")
Wiener (I always think “weiner” looks better) Occasionally (I don’t know why I can spell “occasion” just fine, but when I try to think of how to spell “occasionally” I often end up thinking of “occassionally” at first. I don’t know where the extra S comes from.) ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/35 "2011-07-20T05:09:00Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > After just posting in the NCLB thread, “privatize.” That just don’t look right. It _is_ wrong, everywhere except the US. All those words that Americans end with -ize are correctly spelled -ise in all other versions of English. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/36 "2011-07-20T06:07:46Z")
Opposite - why are there two Ps? Autumn - I want there to be an H in this word Bizarre and Eerie - I want two Zs and two Rs, not two Rs and two Es ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/37 "2011-07-20T06:16:59Z")
embarrassed. Those two r’s just look wrong - there should only be one, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/38 "2011-07-20T12:24:05Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Judgment. Why isn’t there an ‘e’ in the middle? I think it’s acceptable both ways…and I do use the e. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/39 "2011-07-20T12:36:02Z")
Occurrence doesn’t seem wrong to me, but it’s probably THE most misspelled word I run into on a regular basis. A lot of people think there’s only one R. And thanks, Canadjun! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/40 "2011-07-20T14:12:42Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Opposite - why are there two Ps? > Autumn - I want there to be an H in this word > Bizarre and Eerie - I want two Zs and two Rs, not two Rs and two Es And you also have to do a mental dance as to whether you write ‘bizarre’ or ‘bazaar’, depending on the meaning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572.md?page=3)