Which word does nobody seem able to spell?

[Nancy66]

My vote would have to go to 'definitely' - seems only about 1 in 10 get that right.

weird

it is spelt "WEIRD" not "WIERD" ffs

YES IT IS AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE.

fgs

Okay, it's not a spelling mistake, but I hate the way "ask" is pronounced.

It's not "arksk".

I saw some grafitti once

"f* of"

which made me laugh!

PS Is that how you spell grafitti???

diarrhoea

necessarily. or is it neccessarily? or nesessarally? or neccesarally? Shall I go on?

Anyone who finds definitely difficult, here's what I do. Think "finite" - it's the same word basically. Nobody would spell finite wrongly and that makes definite easy.

End of teaching granny to suck eggs lesson

Appalling seems to be beyond a lot of people.

I've seen it spelt "appauling" so often I've begun to doubt myself. I even checked "to appaul" in the OED just in case and was relieved to find it is not listed, but at the rate it's being used it'll probably worm its way in there before long....

In my job, I see "ammend" and "add" (as in advertisement)an awful lot, because I work with a bunch of Noddys.

The worst one was this morning. I had an e-mail from a colleague about one of his clients. He was e-mailing to apologise that he couldn't be more "persific about the deetales" I work in publishing, fgs. One of the pre-requisites of the job is being able to spell!

Another commonly mis-spelt word is controversial.

"persific about the deetales"

Bloody hell. That's the worst one I've seen.

Oh today from a company that specialises in "corporate intelligence" I saw the following on an invoice:

"You're ref: xxxxxx"

Gah!

liaise/ liaison
publicly, NOT "publically"

Then there is the new "conflation" tendency:

anymore
nevermind

and so on.

I can't spell hemmorage or anuyrism and it crops up quite alot as I suffered a brain one about 10 years ago.

minuscule (often pronounced/spelt miniscule)

Necessary was one I struggled with at school until a teacher commented "It is necessary for a vicar to wear one collar and two socks"

urksmode
grantificallation

always get them rong.

I think if you are going to send your children to independent school you should at least spell it correctly - I see that one a lot on here.

I can't spell that little island off Wales - Angelsea, Anglesea, Anglesey, Angelsey...

"I think if you are going to send your children to independent school you should at least spell it correctly - I see that one a lot on here."

And ditto for grammar school!

thought you were cod there for a moment fiofio

I can never spell diarrhoea (??)
DS is ill at the moment - am keeping a record of his nappies

oooh thanks for all the hints on this thread, I've learned (learnt?) loads so far

necessarily

spot on SPB. I always say it in my head how it reads so i remember how to spell it iykwim?

ie die arrrrr hoe eee aaaa

onomatopoeia

It's one I always have to check.

Oh, and another one people get wrong:

agoraphobia

(Not agrophobia, nor agorophobia)

And - where do people stand on the judgement/judgment issue?