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What is the most misspelled word in the English language?

Taken from Merriam-Webster's list of most misspelled words by definition or otherwise.
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VotesAnswer
10misspell
9tomorrow
9effect
5judgment
4accept
2success
0information

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icurok Survey Qualifier
posted 7-Feb-2003 4:45am  
It depends whether you mean a genuine spelling mistake (mispell is probably very common), or the correct spelling of the incorrect word (using affect instead of effect). I'll go with the latter.
Dino
posted 7-Feb-2003 9:35am  
tomorrow I guess.

Although some don't when to use effect and affect.
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 7-Feb-2003 10:25am  
I'm going with tomorrow, because it's more common than the others. I've seen people misspell most of these.
I wonder if the world is ironic enough for the actual answer to be misspell.
Biggles Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier This user is on the site NOW (4 minutes ago)
posted 7-Feb-2003 11:16am  
Misspell?
Biggles Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier This user is on the site NOW (4 minutes ago)
(reply to Dino) posted 7-Feb-2003 11:17am  
I worked that out last year before my exams. I don't remember now  * frown * I think it was someone here who told me so it might be searchable.
Maarten
posted 7-Feb-2003 11:25am  
Judgment, because it loses the e of judge?

I don't know. I do see words with 'ie' and 'ei' misspelled often.
southernyankee Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 7-Feb-2003 12:46pm  
how should i know. most of the time i use a spell check. and if not, i just get a whole bunch of typos and mispellings



anoddoblivion
posted 7-Feb-2003 1:19pm  
misspell
mandy Gold Qualifier
posted 7-Feb-2003 2:27pm  
If it's "misspell" that would be sorta funny.
Iseult Quadruple Gold Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 7-Feb-2003 2:51pm  
Effect.
romkey Survey Central Gold Subscriber
posted 7-Feb-2003 4:34pm  
if confusing "effect" and "affect" counts toward this, then I'd guess "effect", but I really don't know.
ROCKMAN
posted 8-Feb-2003 10:11am  
I think it's tomorrow.
kaleb777
posted 8-Feb-2003 10:12am  
I don't think 'effect' is ever misspelt, just missused.
juliw
posted 8-Feb-2003 4:59pm  
judgment
anonymous
posted 8-Feb-2003 8:20pm  
i'd have to say antidisistablishmentarianism....I don't even know if i spelled that right....
NoneYa
posted 8-Feb-2003 8:21pm  
probably tomorrow
wolfchik9
posted 9-Feb-2003 8:08pm  
The correct answer is "effect."

I hope the confusion hasn't affected the effect of this survey.  * smile *

Sorry it took me so long to get back to you all but my computer has been acting up again and the internet went down so when it's all back to normal I'll be back to my normal self.
Glassa
posted 9-Feb-2003 11:55pm  
The word "then" is often used in place of the word "than" by mistake. I don't know if you would consider it a misspelling or a grammatical error, but it's the most common one I see.
Wicksy Gold Star Survey Creator This user is on the site NOW (4 minutes ago)
posted 10-Feb-2003 7:09am  
accept?
icurok Survey Qualifier
(reply to anonymous) posted 10-Feb-2003 7:15am  
No you didn't - it's antidisEstablishmentarianism.
starrpickle
posted 10-Feb-2003 2:52pm  
pamphlet
Lahdee
posted 11-Feb-2003 8:12am  
how do you spell pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
sonikJ
posted 11-Feb-2003 10:04am  
"effect" is the one I've seen most on this list, but I've seen more occurrences of the interchanging of "there", "their" and "they're" in my personal experience.
pterodactyl
posted 11-Feb-2003 1:02pm  
icurok is right. People are actually confused about the meaning of "effect" and "affect". It's not essentially a spelling mistake.
CharyT
posted 12-Feb-2003 2:49pm  
without a doubt after looking at this website, its got to be MISSPELLED. Mainly for the reason that misspelled isn't actually a word. I think you'll find it's MISPELT!
Biggles Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier This user is on the site NOW (4 minutes ago)
(reply to CharyT) posted 12-Feb-2003 2:56pm  
*sigh*
anonymous
posted 8-Mar-2003 10:46pm  
one of these three ..."tomorrow", "effect", or ironically "misspell"....my guess is tomorrow....by process of eenie meanie minie mo....lol
Whacky41
(reply to wolfchik9) posted 8-Mar-2003 10:48pm  
That would be "effectiveness of the survey".......LOL
anonymous
posted 8-Mar-2003 10:50pm  
I agree with those who feel that effect and affect are actually words that are context errors and not misspellings....lol
anonymous
posted 8-Mar-2003 10:53pm  
That last sentence didn't make sense, did it?.....oh well .....feel free to correct it....lol....I didn't major in English.
fook_u_fook_me
posted 24-Mar-2003 4:31pm  
PeePee
fook_u_fook_me
posted 24-Mar-2003 4:32pm  
eat s*hit
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