The Most Misspelled Word In Tennessee Is….

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The Most Misspelled Word In Tennessee Is….

The winner of this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee was 14-year-old Shrey Parikh from San Bernardino, California.

 

 

The winning word that he correctly spelled was “bromocriptine” (pronounced “BROH-moh-KRIP-teen), which is “a polypeptide alkaloid that is a derivative of ergot and mimics the activity of dopamine.”

 

 

All the brilliant kids participating would be embarrassed by this next story. (And that’s embarrassed. E-M-B-A-R-R-A-S-S-E-D.)

 

 

The website Unscramblerer.com looked at internet search data to put out a list of the most problematic words for Americans to spell . . . words that were associated with phrases like, “How do you spell,” or “How to spell.”

 

 

So, here are America’s 10 most misspelled words:

 

 

1. Bougie

 

2. Favorite

 

3. Through

 

4. Business

 

5. Tomorrow

 

6. Because

 

7. Definitely

 

8. Beautiful

 

9. Niece

 

10. Separate.

 

They also came up with the most challenging word for each STATE to spell . . . and there were some amusing ones.  Here they are:

 

Alabama – Business

 

Alaska – Beautiful

 

Arizona – Through

 

Arkansas – Beautiful

 

California – Different

 

Colorado – Color

 

Connecticut – Recommend

 

Delaware – Beautiful

 

Florida – School

 

Georgia – Chihuahua

 

Hawaii – Appreciate

 

Idaho – Necessary

 

Illinois – Color

 

Indiana – Because

 

Iowa – Character

 

Kansas – Schedule

 

Kentucky – Definitely

 

Louisiana – Restaurant

 

Maine – Definitely

 

Maryland – Business

 

Massachusetts – Schedule

 

Michigan – Which

 

Minnesota – Ukulele

 

Mississippi – Business

 

Missouri – Because

 

Montana – Appreciate

 

Nebraska – Congratulations

 

Nevada – Teacher.

 

New Hampshire – Bougie

 

New Jersey – Because

 

New Mexico – Sincerely

 

New York – Judgement

 

North Carolina – Spaghetti

 

North Dakota – Adios

 

Ohio – Because

 

Oklahoma – Chihuahua

 

Oregon – Diamond

 

Pennsylvania – Maintenance

 

Rhode Island – Bougie

 

South Carolina – Quite

 

South Dakota – Congratulations

 

Tennessee – Through

 

Texas – Recycle

 

Utah – Basically

 

Vermont – Beautiful

 

Virginia – Spaghetti

 

Washington – Fiancé.  (The male version of “fiancée.”)

 

West Virginia – Beautiful

 

Wisconsin – Business

 

Wyoming – Chihuahua.

 

Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash

Courtesy of Fox 5 NY / Mental Floss / SpellingBee.com