Most often misspelled word on forums...

Page 3 - Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech.

moshquerade

No Lifer
Nov 1, 2001
61,504
12
56
Originally posted by: JujuFish
...is "you."

It's not that hard to spell. It's only three letters long.

Runner up: definitely

Why is this word so difficult for people to spell?
the word separate should be added to the poll. i see it spelled "seperate" more often than not.
 

Mickey Eye

Senior member
Apr 14, 2005
763
0
76
It's not the most often in forums but in WoW it really gets to me when people say "rouge" when they mean "rogue". I mean really really gets to me, that'll get you kicked out of my group it irritates me so much. Seriously people.
 

YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Moderator<br>A/V & Home Theater<br>Elite member
Aug 6, 2001
31,205
45
91
Originally posted by: Lifted
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
poll? ;)

the / teh is teh real winnar

the / teh is a typo.

The other words people have posted are actual misspellings, probably due to excessive glue consumption in third grade.

Sorry, I didn't know we were distinguishing between typo and misspell.
 

TStep

Platinum Member
Feb 16, 2003
2,460
10
81
I was thinking "nazi" .....but then again, this thread is about spelling, not definitions, my bad.
 

sswingle

Diamond Member
Mar 2, 2000
7,183
45
91
How about most often mispelled word done by accident? I think the majority of teh is done on purpose.
 

loic2003

Diamond Member
Sep 14, 2003
3,844
0
0
All of the above, plus:

-Not so much a spelling error, but I hate the way people confuse coincidence with irony.
-Also 'I could care less' grinds.

 

loic2003

Diamond Member
Sep 14, 2003
3,844
0
0
Originally posted by: Howard
If you're going to criticize... The "often" in your title is redundant.

I disagree. 'Most misspelled' could be interpreted as the level at which a word is misspelled ie does it have one, two or three errors within a single word.
'Most often' implies more of a quantitative measure: how many times the word is misspelled.
 

NiKeFiDO

Diamond Member
May 21, 2004
3,901
1
76
about you're options in teh poll: their rediculousy fxcked up. theirs at least to that you should have in they're two
 

silverpig

Lifer
Jul 29, 2001
27,703
12
81
The lose/loose one is the one that pisses me off most. teh/the dosen't pop up on forums as often as it does on IMs I don't think. My vote is for they're/their/there
 

BurnItDwn

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
26,353
1,862
126
I vote the/teh

It is usually intentional, however, it's gotten to the point where I'm quite annoyed by it.