What word do Virginians struggle to spell the most?
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- How's your spelling? From "beautiful" to "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," here's a breakdown of which words each state struggles with the most, according to Google Trends data.
WordUnscrambler.pro has analyzed search data from Jan. 1, 2025, to May 19, 2025, using prompts like "How do you spell" and "How to spell" to reach the following rankings.
America's most misspelled words:
- Definitely - 33,500 searches
- Separate - 30,000 searches
- Necessary - 29,000 searches
- Believe - 28,500 searches
- Through - 28,000 searches
- Gorgeous - 27,000 searches
- Neighbor - 25,500 searches
- Business - 24,200 searches
- Favorite - 23,000 searches
- Restaurant - 22,500 searches
The data is also broken down by state, with Virginia's most searched spelling prompt revealed to be "People." Here's the full list of most searched spellings for each state:
America's most misspelled words by state:
- Alabama - Different
- Alaska - Tomorrow
- Arizona - People
- Arkansas - Quesadilla
- California - Appreciation
- Colorado - Sergeant
- Connecticut - Schedule
- Delaware - Beautiful
- Florida - Compliment
- Georgia - Necessary
- Hawaii - Luau
- Idaho - Definitely
- Illinois - Congratulations
- Indiana - Taught
- Iowa - Through
- Kansas - Different
- Kentucky - People
- Louisiana - Through
- Maine - Pneumonia
- Maryland - Character
- Massachusetts - Beautiful
- Michigan - Scratch
- Minnesota - Successful
- Mississippi - Beautiful
- Missouri - Temperature
- Montana - Appreciate
- Nebraska - Beautiful
- Nevada - School
- New Hampshire - Protective
- New Jersey - Congratulations
- New Mexico - Appreciate
- New York - Different
- North Carolina - Secret
- North Dakota - Daughter
- Ohio - Crochet
- Oklahoma - Patience
- Oregon - Business
- Pennsylvania - Scissors
- Rhode Island - Cancelled
- South Carolina - People
- South Dakota - Beautiful
- Tennessee - Broccoli
- Texas - Protect
- Utah - Definitely
- Vermont - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- Virginia - People
- Washington - Appreciation
- West Virginia - Beautiful
- Wisconsin - Different
- Wyoming - Beautiful