Google would know because that's where most people turn when their initial suggestion is beyond help from autocorrect.
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And so, in honor of National Spelling Week, Google has mapped America's most misspelled words.
In Illinois, "appreciate" is a most commonly searched in the phrase "How to spell..."
In Wisconsin - the most commonly queried word is "Wisconsin."
In Indiana, a lot of folks get tripped up on hallelujah - particularly the placement of that pesky "j." The same is true in Delaware.
Missouri and Texas both get tripped up by "maintenance."
In Kentucky, "beautiful" is found to be confusing - but that's also the case in New York, Minnesota, and California. Michigan has trouble with another commonly misspelled word - "pneumonia" - which also tripped up Googlers in Maine, Alabama, and Washington.
In Pennsylvania, sauerkraut seems to be stumping people. And with BBQ season in full swing...this is a good one to master.
And in New Jersey: Twelve. Jersey's isn't the only state stumbling on short words - in Oregon it's "sense," in Idaho it's "quote," in Rhode Island it's "liar," in North Carolina it's "angel," in Tennessee it's "chaos," in Mississippi it's "nanny," and in Georgia it's "gray."
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Connecticut and West Virginia get the over-achiever awards for most commonly asking about "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious."
What words give you a rough time trying to spell?