Which spelling mistakes really grate with you?

[TheTecknician]

Maybe it should be 'what', not 'which'. Anyways..

-aircrafts. Grrr! The plural of aircraft is 'aircraft', not 'aircrafts'. Even aviation companies make this mistake. No excuse.

BTW, I know spelling isn't easy for some so let's keep this light hearted.

We live in a place, let's call it Chapeltown, the number of people who write on FB Chapletown is astonishing, why can't you even spell where you bloody live!! Good grief!

Gotten. See it more and more in books by UK authors.

Could of/should of etc

Alot

We use gotten in Scotland in every day language, i know people on mumsnet find it annoying,but it is a legitimate English word.

Click for clique
que for queue

The expression is grate on you, not 'with' you!

I am Scottish, living in Scotland, and have never used it, nor does anyone I know (except my DC who get ticked off for using it!)

Really never ? That is odd i hear it everywhere. Oh well.

It rather depends if you are British or American though doesn't it? As despatched is British English and dispatched is American English. So I am sorry to say, I think you are incorrect on that one!

There's an alternative train of thought that dispatch is to finish or complete a task and despatch to deliver something, but I think that a stretch... But either way, it's not desptach in the UK if you are taling about a delivery;)

I always get confused with bare and bear and have to google it when I want to use either!
I mean I know bare means naked and bear means the animal but bare/bear as in ‘I can’t bear/bare it’ I always have to check.

One that doesn’t annoy me but makes me chuckle every time I see it is Chester draws - it’s madness to me that people don’t know what it should be!!

I think my biggest annoyance is their/there/they’re. I see it a lot at work and it drives me mad.

Discrete when they mean discreet.
Loose when they mean lose.
Draw when they mean drawer.
Phased when they mean fazed.
Reign when they mean rein.

All very common on here.

I'm seeing increasing use of "Iv" instead of "I've" or "I have". It just comes across as lazy.

It's not an 'error', more a way of saying it, but I find the Australian use of 'veggies' and 'undies' rather than vegetables/veg and underwear really irritating.
And I have loads of Australian friends so it isn't personal.

Someone on 'nextdoor' has just finished his gcsces. He is offering tutoring in English gcsces Lang and Lit.

I doubt he will get much help.

When people say " I was sat" instead of "I was sitting". It drives me mad.

But the plural of cheese is cheeses, isn't it? You don't say 'two cheese' if you've bought two whole ones, for example, it's two cheeses.
Apologies if I've misunderstood.

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I’m from the North East and I never hear anyone at home confusing the two…you lie down, you lay a thing down, how hard can it be?? What are you laying in bed — an egg?

Aloud instead of allowed. I blame a certain girl band for that one!

Something that's common where I live is people saying "mines", as in "give that to me, it's mines". I hate it!

Brought instead of bought

I have to say, I don't, and neither do any of my friends/family. Maybe it's a regional thing?

Well you can say i have a plate of cheese or i bought a selection of cheese, I mean you can say cheeses it is acceptable but The plural of cheese is cheese.

Larger instead of lager

That drives me mad. Every time on here "I'm trying to loose weight".
Also "are" instead of "our".
Plus the wrong usage of their/there/they're.

I don't think many people realise that discreet and discrete mean entirely different things.
In fact it seems that discrete is considered a posher way of spelling discreet!

Agree with this one, it suddenly seems to be a problem word for many.

Also rediculous and ect, both make me feel instant irritation (acknowledge that I am rather intolerant though!).