# Words that seem like they are spelled wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797 "2024-07-25T22:12:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/1 "2024-07-25T22:12:39Z")
But are not. (we’ve done this before, Czarcasm about 7 years ago for example, but rather than bump an old thread, I thought I start a new one) Every time I spell professional, my mind wants to spell it proffesional. That’s more logical, right? And arrangement? There should be an 'i" in there somewhere - arraingement. Even in this thread, my mind wanted to write 'every time ’ as everytime. Why not, we have everywhere, everybody, everything, everyplace… ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/2 "2024-07-25T22:16:28Z")
Gothi. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/3 "2024-07-25T22:19:06Z")
Judgment (though the dictionary seems to allow “judgement” as a variant. But my Grammarly doesn’t like it.) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/4 "2024-07-25T22:27:34Z")
Wierd. Wait, weird. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/5 "2024-07-25T22:38:47Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Gothi. Where’s that rolled up newspaper? (I once did a whole speech about that for a high school contest. I won.) But you spelled it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/6 "2024-07-25T22:51:03Z")
Yes, I did. I thought that was in the spirit of the thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/7 "2024-07-25T22:54:34Z")
Correspondence. Really seems like it ought to be _correspondance_. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/8 "2024-07-25T22:54:59Z")
Epitome. If you want to pronounciated it “e PIT a me” that ain’t English. The e at the end means the o is long. What we have here is the epi-tome of bad spelling. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/9 "2024-07-25T23:03:40Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Judgment (though the dictionary seems to allow “judgement” as a variant. But my Grammarly doesn’t like it.) In my judgement it should be spelled ‘judgement’ instead of ‘judgment’. A lot of spell checkers disagree with me. ---
**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 25, 2024, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/10 "2024-07-25T23:31:10Z")
Collectible. Hate it! ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/11 "2024-07-25T23:36:30Z")
That word lost me a spelling bee in 6th grade. I’ll never forget how to spell it. Even if I do agree that there _should_ be an “e.” Without the vowel, the “g” should be hard. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/12 "2024-07-25T23:37:08Z")
I can’t believe no one has said it yet: “wrong”. ---
**Author:** ![Deanna\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@Deanna\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deanna_D)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/13 "2024-07-25T23:51:22Z")
I have always thought the word _restaurateur_ should have an _n_ in it. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/14 "2024-07-26T00:00:24Z")
Yeah, judgment sucks. I always struggle with “Cancelled”, which I have to use when I cancel baseball practices or games. I want to do “canceled” - never know how many "l"s to use. Then I found out they are both OK… Rhythm takes a few seconds every time. Too many oddly place "h"s and no vowels. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/15 "2024-07-26T00:01:26Z")
Wait, it doesn’t? Like the person who opens a restaurant isn’t a restauranteur? Bullshit, I’m with the descriptivists on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/16 "2024-07-26T00:10:35Z")
Ophthalmologist. The “ph” is a cinch, the “th” almost so, but it’s that first “L”. Not only is it not really pronounced, but the word pretty much looks just fine without it, there’s so much else going on: “ophthamologist.” If it weren’t for Linus Van Pelt talking about his (poor kid), I would never have gotten it. [![](https://schulzmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pe620205_detail.jpg) ](https://schulzmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pe620205_detail.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/17 "2024-07-26T00:15:23Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > In my judgement it should be spelled ‘judgement’ instead of ‘judgment’. A lot of spell checkers disagree with me. So does every American legal type in the country. It’s like nails on a chalkboard to me every time I see ‘judgement’. Gah! Fair warning: If you put it in a thread title as ‘judgement,’ I will change it if you are American. * * * The one that catches me out every time is ‘cantaloupe.’ I always want to spell it wrong, ‘canteloupe.’ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/18 "2024-07-26T00:18:56Z")
“Curious” has a second u in it, right? So shouldn’t “curio ~~u~~ sity” have it, too? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/19 "2024-07-26T00:20:00Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > The one that catches me out every time is ‘cantaloupe.’ I always want to spell it wrong, ‘canteloupe.’ No, he’s a [composer](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Canteloube). ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797/20 "2024-07-26T00:21:19Z")
“Glamour.” Looks all fancy and glamorous, but also like a British spelling that ought to be “glamor” in the U.S. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-seem-like-they-are-spelled-wrong/1004797.md?page=2)