The Google Trends data visualization is based on the top “how to spell” searches by state. According to the map, folks were most curious about the correct spelling of “beautiful.” In fact, the word ranked first in 11 states.
Here is the most misspelled word in each state (plus Washington, D.C.), based on the Google map:
- Alabama: cousin
- Alaska: veteran
- Arizona: beautiful
- Arkansas: beautiful
- California: beautiful
- Colorado: resume
- Connecticut: sincerely
- Delaware: decision
- Florida: hors d’oeuvres
- Georgia: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- Hawaii: grateful
- Idaho: businesses
- Illinois: beautiful
- Indiana: beautiful
- Iowa: vacuum
- Kansas: consequences
- Kentucky: definitely
- Louisiana: favorite
- Maine: Connecticut
- Maryland: canceled
- Massachusetts: beautiful
- Michigan: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- Minnesota: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- Mississippi: gray
- Missouri: sincerely
- Montana: tomorrow
- Nebraska: nocturnal
- Nevada: probably
- New Hampshire: subtle
- New Jersey: resume
- New Mexico: permanently
- New York: resume
- North Carolina: beautiful
- North Dakota: yacht
- Ohio: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- Oklahoma: canceled
- Oregon: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- Pennsylvania: schedule
- Rhode Island: dying
- South Carolina: beginning
- South Dakota: chaos
- Tennessee: schedule
- Texas: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- Utah: beautiful
- Vermont: solution
- Virginia: beautiful
- Washington: beautiful
- Washington, D.C.: permanent
- West Virginia: apparel
- Wisconsin: beautiful
- Wyoming: fiancé