Google Trends reveals the words that Americans from each state are having the most trouble spelling.
To get things started, the Mountain View company outed the results to honor the recent Scripps National Spelling Bee, and needless to say, the outcome is quite interesting to see.
Google collected the data from every search input that started off with "how to spell." It then determined the states that those queries came from, and voila, it found out which words people from each location are finding hard to spell.
Apparently, the most difficult words out of the bunch are "desert" and "cancelled," as four states can't spell the former and another four can't get the latter right.
The next on the list are "vacuum," "pneumonia" and "gray," which is probably confused with the British spelling "grey" most of the time.
Now, the following ones in line include pretty long words such as "definitely," "leprechaun," "diarrhea," "beautiful," "neighbor," "appreciate" and "maintenance."
On an interesting note, people living in Massachusetts can't spell the name of the state they're residing in. Another tidbit that's worth pointing out is "banana," but it's a safe bet to assume that the majority of Ohio residents can spell that one perfectly fine. One last thing to note is that Alaskan citizens can't quite put their finger on "Hawaii."
Google got the word (tee-hee) out via Twitter, spreading it around online with the hashtag #spellingbee.
It's the #spellingbee finals! These are the top "how to spell" searches for words by state, mapped #dataviz pic.twitter.com/rjXllJfOoE
— GoogleTrends (@GoogleTrends) May 26, 2016
At any rate, it's nice to see which words are most commonly spelled wrong, as it'll give anyone a short little guide on what to keep in mind.
It should also be mentioned that spelling is important. Remember the hackers who got their operations spoiled because of a typo?
Anyway, hit up the comments section below and tell us what you think. Also, let us know whether or not you misspell any of these words.
