Comments on: “Swan Flu” and Other Commonly Misspelled Search Terms of the Month

By: Mercado

Mercado — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:34:26 +0000

Omg If the majority does these searches we are lost, I expect not to be for one of this. That´s a shame

By: Zecc

Zecc — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:42:56 +0000

But… I really need help configuring my worm!

By: Haukka

Haukka — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:59:30 +0000

I’d imagine most of these searches are made by people outside US, whose primary language is not English.

We too often write words we’ve never heard before by the way we hear them.

Or are these results all from Yahoo US?

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:54:52 +0000

A lot of those are pretty understandable, but when I see “swan flu” I hear a bunch of rednecks talking about their sick pigs…

By: Tempscire

Tempscire — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:59:30 +0000

I’m surprised people searching for Bea Arthur missed with “author” rather than “bee.”

I’m also surprised by how…not-insanely-stupid most of those are. I can’t really blame people for misspelling someone’s name they may have only heard before or a name with an atypical spelling, either because of random changes (eg, Rachael) or unfamiliarity (“Sotomeyer”).

By: seefish3

seefish3 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:32:08 +0000

I believe “the” is the most common. But only because you can’t misspell “A”.

By: verloren

verloren — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:03:11 +0000

I’d always assumed that lesbain was the most common incorrect spelling on the internet.