# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/41 "2011-07-20T14:14:35Z")
Worshiped. Whenever I type that word, I instinctively add in an extra P, and then delete it when I see the squiggly red line. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/42 "2011-07-20T14:24:26Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Worshiped. Whenever I type that word, I instinctively add in an extra P, and then delete it when I see the squiggly red line. As with **whitetho** ’s ‘canceled’ upthread, my British dictionary spells it ‘worshipped’; I have the idea that American English has a tendency to ‘rationalise’ certain types of words - ‘traveled’ as opposed to ‘travelled’ too, perhaps? - which might explain why they can look a bit off. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/43 "2011-07-20T14:52:02Z")
Definitely I always have to look at it twice, I’ve gotten so used to people spelling it definately ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/44 "2011-07-20T15:39:38Z")
Auxiliary. I was sure for the longest time that there was an ‘h’ in there. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/45 "2011-07-20T15:40:26Z")
Sacrilege. Minuscule. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/46 "2011-07-20T15:42:14Z")
Restaurateur. People want very, very badly to put an “n” in there, but there just isn’t one. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/47 "2011-07-20T15:42:48Z")
“Awry.” It’s gotta be either spelled wrong or pronounced wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/48 "2011-07-20T17:04:05Z")
> [@Staggerlee](#): > > It’s spelt 'cancelled’in my (British) dictionary. spelled. 🙂 I know, they both go, but I have been corrected sooo many times when I used spelt, I just couldnt let that one pass. And I didnt say a thing about the quotation marks, you’ll notice. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/49 "2011-07-20T17:27:09Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > 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. Is Canada part of the U.S. now? Actually, to your whole point I say piffle. That’s right, piffle! There are two major systems of English spellings … British and American. Saying it’s American vs. everyone else is disingenuous. Save that kind of talk for the metric system! In as much as English spelling follows rules at all, there is a rule that trailing consonants are doubled in certain conjugations _when the word is one syllable_. American spelling follows that more strictly than British. Still, “cancelled” is about as common here as “canceled”. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/50 "2011-07-21T01:15:08Z")
Privilege ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/51 "2011-07-21T03:23:46Z")
Atheist ---
**Author:** ![Ensign\_Ricky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/48db29/32.png) [@Ensign\_Ricky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ensign_Ricky)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/52 "2011-07-21T04:51:51Z")
Necessary. I struggle with the c’s and s’s. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/53 "2011-07-21T12:09:07Z")
I always have to be careful around ‘elevator’. Also the ‘Philippines’. mmm ---
**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:** [July 21, 2011, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/54 "2011-07-21T12:20:17Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Minuscule. That’s the one I always get wrong. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/55 "2011-07-21T12:45:16Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > All of the “-ceive” words: conceive, deceive, perceive, receive, etc. Inconcievable! That’s definetly rediculous. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/56 "2011-07-21T20:42:25Z")
Supersede. It was years (and the use of spell check) before I realized it needed that second “s” rather than a “c”. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/57 "2011-07-21T21:01:14Z")
Idiosyncrasy. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/58 "2011-07-22T02:57:02Z")
Embarrass, embarrassment - why 2 r’s? Looks weird and I always use only one and have to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/59 "2011-07-22T04:12:07Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > Atheist Athy, athier, athiest. Right? Embarrassed is my most frequently misspelt 😉 word. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572/60 "2011-07-22T04:29:23Z")
Maintenance Cesarean-- I always want to put an extra e in ther Judgment Hypocrite [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-always-seem-spelled-wrong/589572.md?page=4)