What Is The Most Frequently Misspelled Word On DU?

[redstateblues]

I see people use loose when they mean lose at least once a day.

[Cerridwen]

1. There, their, they're - your, you're - and of course,

every freaking one of mine!

[qnr]

2. congratulations as congradulations is one n/t

[miss_kitty]

3. ' 's ' to pluralise

'your' for 'you are', it's for the posessive 'its'-loadsa stuff...
On edit-crappy punctuation

[hinachan]

4. Re: "What Is The Most Frequently Misspelled Word On DU?"

I see people on all sorts of forums write "moron" as "moran"!

[Not Me]

5. "Moron" when they really mean "Moran"

[redstateblues]

8. LOL

[Wickerman]

6. Rediculous

I used to think it was spelled ridiculous, but fortunately, I know after my time here its RE, not RI.

:7

[Rowdyboy]

10. Rediculous is my least favorite....

Moran is deliberate, but they really think rediculous is spelled that way. God, people, use SPELLCHECK! Quit looking rediculous!

[Zero Division]

31. I always have to remind myself: the root is "ridicule". That helps.

[DrZeeLit]

7. here/hear, then/than, it's/its, and.....

independance
and
Bushit (but maybe that's correct?)

[redstateblues]

9. I think Bushit is a new word

[miss_kitty]

29. I've been calling 'bushit' on another site for over a year and a half

http://www.hypocrites.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&thold=-1&mode=flat&order=1&sid=11775#4535

it's on purpose

[DrZeeLit]

30. We knew that.... sarcasm, sarcasm. Oi.... n/t

[miss_kitty]

34. heh heh heh

damn-i didn't really register it was YOU, DrZeeLit...pre-migraine fugue going on here...i should start a 'good-bye, DU' thread! :)

[Zomby Woof]

11. ZombyWolf

Instead of ZombyWoof.

[tcfrogs]

12. I was JUST going to post that

[redstateblues]

13. LMAO

[MattBaggins]

14. nuclear instead of nukular

nukular it's pronounced nukular

[SOteric]

15. Definitely misspelt as 'definately'

[FreedomFry]

33. SOteric, yew beet mee two itt. It's definately definately.

[CO Liberal]

16. I Vote For The Word "The"

I usually spell it "teh" several times a day, and I'm sure I'm not alone.

[Libby2]

18. LMAO

[GiovanniC]

26. You're Post is Teh Kewl !!! ~LOL~

[jdots]

17. Smoke is coming out of my Franklin Spelling Ace

thank you for the tip on using '

[flaminbats]

19. it's flaminbats, not flamebait! n/t

[MallRat]

20. Former CIA Director George Tennant.

...or Tenent, or Tennent, or Tenant.

Pick any one.

:-)

[IronLionZion]

21. tahnsk when they mean thanks

[norml]

22. republican and conservative

repub rethug repuglycan republican't conservapig conservagoon conservathug conservaslug

[jessicazi]

23. I hate it when people mispell

Bush/*, People it is spelled SATAN or DEVIL or LUCIFER. Same goes for Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, and Donald Rumsfield.

[arcos]

24. pubic / public

but it is probably the most frequently misspelled word everywhere

[jukes]

25. intentional

or o'wise?


:+

[oxymoron]

27. definitely definatly.

[juslikagrzly]

28. "loose" for "lose"

drives me nutso

[lakemonster11]

49. Ah yes, that gets my vote.

"You're/Your" and "Who's/Whose" bother me more than most errors, but, when one's typing fast, I can understand it. But "loose" for "lose"? They don't even sound the same!

If I ever mix those two words up, just toss me in the loony bin.

;)

[SarahB]

If not for spell check..

I'd write 'soem' instead of 'some' almost every single time. It's my perpetual typo.

[Maddy McCall]

32. judgment

spelled judgement

[DemBones DemBones]

35. People say HYPOCRACY when they mean HYPOCRISY.

They usually get HYPOCRITE right. Maybe they think HYPOCRACY is a form of government.

:shrug:

[FreedomFry]

36. Most misused word: "that" for "who"

A thing is a "that." A person is a "who." (Notable exceptions: members of the current administration).

[LiberteToujours]

40. Not in French

In French grammar, a that is a who or a that and a that is a who or a that depending on the structure of the sentence. (la chose qui est présente, la personne que tu connais). What's that.. we're speaking English? Oops. :)

[FreedomFry]

44. Oui, mon ami(e); aujourd'hui, nous parlons anglais.

Excusez ma grammaire terrible ... (it's been a long time).

[LiberteToujours]

48. Votre grammaire est excellente!

[Awsi Dooger]

46. That is my pet peeve also

"Name the person that influenced you the most."

When I see that, I automatically skip the thread.

[qnr]

37. I phfffffft on your grammar related answer to the

spelling related question


heheheh
:)

[HEyHEY]

38. As far as I'm concerned anything missing a "U" after an O!

Yankee FREAKS!

[greendog]

39. noone....

....instead of *no one*.

[Seabiscuit]

41. Bush

[Bhaisahab]

42. It would have to be "Ghandi", when they mean "Gandhi" n/t

[WilliamPitt]

43. Loose and Looser

hands down.

[FreedomFry]

45. At least, now we all know how to spell FAHRENHEIT!

Thank you, Michael Moore.

[Awsi Dooger]

47. There are probably 5000+ excess or inappropriate apostrophes per day on DU

What the heck is a DU'er, for example? DUer works fine. There was no decade of the 1980's. It was the '80s or 1980s.

Sorry, this is supposed to be a spelling bee. Republican is the most abused word on DU. The substitutes are not classy or clever.

[theoceansnerves]

50. john stewart

it's jon, people.