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What Is The Most Commonly Misspelled Word On Message Boards

I'm not thinking of common typos such as "teh"

         

lawman

4:08 am on Dec 21, 2005 (gmt 0)

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The one that sticks out to me is "definitely", commonly spelled "definately".

tedster

3:17 am on Jan 12, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Another one I'm tripping over right and left is "seam" instead of "seem". Sometimes it's used consistently, many times throughout a post.

BeeDeeDubbleU

8:38 am on Jan 12, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I was going to add "och aye"

This is not a misspelling but a different language and being married into the "Auld Alliance" you should know that ;)

longen

9:30 am on Jan 12, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Sight for site.

Leosghost

11:26 am on Jan 12, 2006 (gmt 0)

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BeeDeedubbleU ..
re "algorythms"
Peruse concurrent thread [webmasterworld.com]..live

Ps ..I have to admit to having feminised "bon" to "bonne" in a post last night due to exhaustion and "grape and grain" ..but I did remember the following ^ which is actually depreciated .

BeeDeeDubbleU

1:48 pm on Jan 12, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Hmmm .... algorthm?

Is that something to do with Al Gore?

ypsites

1:54 am on Jan 18, 2006 (gmt 0)

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How about "scrapper" instead of "scraper"?

bruhaha

8:41 pm on Jan 18, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Early in this thread there was discussion of the use of "it's" (with apostrophe) for the possessive pronoun "its". But I think that one is a times simply a typo by someone that does know the correct form.

On the other hand, many folks haven't a clue how to use apostrophes, and often throw one in when using a plural, non-possessive noun. E.g., someone on another forum recently complimented those who had offered helpful advice as

true pro's

It's even crazier when people use an apostrophe to form the plural of their own name, e.g., "The Smith's will be there." (They tend to use to very same--and still incorrect-- form for the plural possessive: "We're meeting at the Smith's house.")

Leosghost

10:58 pm on Jan 18, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Another one frequently used here in WebmasterWorld ( I saw the most recent example posted today ) ..
"analisis" ..the well known egyptian goddess of ....well ..you know ..;)

lawman

1:24 am on Jan 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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I try to avoid any word that begins with "anal".

oddsod

11:34 am on Jan 19, 2006 (gmt 0)

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Smith's?

Even better: potatoe's

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