How Bad Is the Spelling in Your State?
Search queries reveal Americans would be quickly eliminated in the National Scripps Spelling Bee.
And depending on the state they live in, some words are more troublesome than others.
Google gathered data from its search trends to reveal the top words American’s ask ‘how to spell’ in each of the 50 US states – and most are commonly used words.
Google gathered data from its search trends to reveal the top words American’s ask ‘how to spell’ in each of the 50 US states – and most are commonly used words. Words that were seen throughout the map of ‘America’s Top Spelling Mistakes’ are ‘pneumonia’, ‘vacuum’, ‘cancel’ and ‘gray’
Today marks the 89th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee at National Harbor in Maryland, where nearly 300 students are competing for a trophy and $40,000 cash prize.
And to honor the event, Google has dug into its own database to see how well Americans are at spelling and revealed its findings using a map of the United States.
Although the well-known Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of south-eastern California, residents have to check with the search giant on how to spell ‘desert’.
‘Cancelled’ seems to stump the east coast, as those living in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Delaware and Virginia were found to second guess the spelling.
Alaska has trouble with ‘Hawaii’ and interestingly enough the top ‘how to spell’ in Massachusetts is ‘Massachusetts’.
There were also some odd words that made the cut.
Utah and Arkansas had the most spelling queries for ‘leprechaun’, New Jerseyans stumble with ‘February’ and both Arizonans and citizens of New Hampshire struggle with the word ‘diarrhea’.
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