Top Misspelled Words Across States: What You Need To Know

Over the past 100 years, we've gone from gladiolus to éclaircissement at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

A century ago, when the competition began in 1925, the name of those pretty purplish flowers was the winning word. This year's winner was the word that describes a clarification, notably on an obscure subject (like the word éclaircissement itself).

And while most of us would find it nearly impossible to spell one of those doozies correctly, it turns out we struggle with words a lot less complicated in our day-to-day lives.

How simple?

Well, the folks at WordUnscrambler.pro did a deep dive of Google Trends data from the first four months of this year, looking for searches for 'How do you spell' and 'How to spell'.

The Winner is...

From that, they have generated the top ten most misspelled words in America.

(IRONY ALERT: I had to look up 'misspelled' to see if there were one or two s's)

AMERICA'S MOST MISSPELLED WORDS

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They even broke it down further, revealing each state's most misspelled word.

Iowa's and Minnesota's can be a bit tricky, but South Dakota's? Come on!

Most Misspelled Word by State

Alabama - Different
Alaska - Tomorrow
Arizona - People
Arkansas - Quesadilla
California - Appreciation
Colorado - Sergeant
Connecticut - Schedule
Delaware - Beautiful
Florida - Compliment
Georgia - Necessary
Hawaii - Luau
Idaho - Definitely
Illinois - Congratulations
Indiana - Taught
Iowa - Through
Kansas - Different
Kentucky - People
Louisiana - Through
Maine - Pneumonia
Maryland - Character
Massachusetts - Beautiful
Michigan - Scratch
Minnesota - Successful
Mississippi - Beautiful
Missouri - Temperature
Montana - Appreciate
Nebraska - Beautiful
Nevada - School
New Hampshire - Protective
New Jersey - Congratulations
New Mexico - Appreciate
New York - Different
North Carolina - Secret
North Dakota - Daughter
Ohio - Crochet
Oklahoma - Patience
Oregon - Business
Pennsylvania - Scissors
Rhode Island - Cancelled
South Carolina - People
South Dakota - Beautiful
Tennessee - Broccoli
Texas - Protect
Utah - Definitely
Vermont - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Virginia - People
Washington - Appreciation
West Virginia - Beautiful
Wisconsin - Different
Wyoming - Beautiful

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