# Words you spell wrong every single time. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 25, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168 "2008-08-25T03:20:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/21 "2008-08-25T14:20:14Z")
‘allright’ ‘traveller’ ‘paraphrenalia’ ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/22 "2008-08-25T14:50:05Z")
Occurred Occurring Occurrence They all just look _wrong_, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/23 "2008-08-25T15:07:45Z")
It used to be “their” which I almost always spelled “thier”, if I didn’t have a dictionary handy.That problem is fixed now though, thanks to a doper in a thread similar to this one that gave me a tip on how to remember the spelling. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/24 "2008-08-25T15:21:47Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] Neighborhood and Rennaisance. see? [/QUOTE] Wait…one’s spelled right and one’s spelled wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/25 "2008-08-25T15:24:44Z")
I can handle embarrass. I can handle necessary. I can even handle the difference between stationary and stationery. But I’m buggered if I can get _guage/gauge_ right without a spell-checker. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/26 "2008-08-25T15:31:04Z")
Receive and acommodate. I used to have difficulty with rhythym until I made it my computer password for a few months. Now I’ll never forget it! ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/27 "2008-08-25T16:07:00Z")
Don’t ever ask me to recommend a vacuum. I seem to want to put “cc” in every word I can find… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/28 "2008-08-25T16:10:57Z")
Definitely Vacuum Potential and half a dozen more that I can’t remember right now. And _I’m_ the walking dictionary for the family. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/29 "2008-08-25T16:15:08Z")
The OP hit my major one: Neccessary I usually just say “Fuck it” and use “needed” even though it’s an awfull substitution. Actually, almost any word with double consonants in it is doomed because I can never figure out which consonants are doubled. “Beautiful” is also one. Anything with that many vowels in a row gets me dizzy. Then there is my all time favorite that I finally corrected, “alchohol”. I always wanted to put that “h” in there. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/30 "2008-08-25T16:18:38Z")
Gaurd. Guard. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/31 "2008-08-25T16:22:36Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] I just recently learned there’s “a rat” in separate. [/QUOTE] I, too, used to be a sufferer on this one. I was having a discussion online with a friend on this very topic a year ago, and in the course of that conversation, I realized I could break it up into three Spanish words: “se,” “para” and “te.” I’ve not spelled it wrong ever since. I have a lot of trouble with “bizarre” and “occurrence,” though, both of which I’m certain I just spelled incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/32 "2008-08-25T17:07:16Z")
Vaccuum Deoderant ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/33 "2008-08-25T17:11:29Z")
Mostly French/English pairs where I can’t remember which is which. enveloppe or envelope? apartment or appartement? Heck, I even get confused with “same” and “même” because they mean the same thing and are pronounced very similarly, other than that first letter sound, of course! mentioned… I always want to double up that second n. Most of the others have been mentioned in this thread…! ---
**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:** [August 25, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/34 "2008-08-25T17:15:35Z")
**Judgment.** It annoys me that there is no ‘e’ after the ‘g’. Why? WHY?! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/35 "2008-08-25T18:08:39Z")
[QUOTE=Dante] Don’t ever ask me to recommend a vacuum. I seem to want to put “cc” in every word I can find… [/QUOTE] Succks,don’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Juliette\_Culture\_Junkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@Juliette\_Culture\_Junkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juliette_Culture_Junkie)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/36 "2008-08-25T18:13:13Z")
dosen’t ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/37 "2008-08-25T18:14:28Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] **Judgment.** It annoys me that there is no ‘e’ after the ‘g’. Why? WHY?! [/QUOTE] There is if you’re British. Judgement isn’t incorrect, just regional. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/38 "2008-08-25T21:21:24Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] I just recently learned there’s “a rat” in separate. Vaccuum is one of mine (or is that vacuum?) And I use it often in my job (the word, not the appliance.) There are a couple more than aren’t coming to mind right now. I think “weird” and “friend” are up there. I’ll check back when I come across them while typing today. [/QUOTE] THANK YOU!! Maybe \*\*that \*\* will help me remember sepARATe 😃 And BTW, it is vacuum – sadly, I know this because I watched “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?” last week, and I happened to guess correctly, not to mention I just looked it up AGAIN to make sure I did remember it properly. Imagine if English weren’t my first language :smack: ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/39 "2008-08-25T21:25:12Z")
teh ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168/40 "2008-08-25T21:38:05Z")
I had a hell of a time spelling [del]acoprycal[/del] [del]acrophycal[/del] [del]apocrycal[/del] [del]apoprycal[/del] apocryphal earlier today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-spell-wrong-every-single-time/461168.md?page=3)