In honor of the Scripps National Spelling Bee: America's most misspelled words
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SAVANNAH, Ga. () — What word trips you up the most when it comes to spelling?

In honor of the 97th Scripps National Spelling Bee, which begins May 27, Google released every state’s most misspelled words.

The word Georgians have the most trouble spelling is ‘necessary.’ In South Carolina, ‘people’ gives people the biggest headache.

WordUnscrambler.com, a website designed to help people learn new words, released this statement about the findings:

Studies suggest heavy reliance on autocorrect weakens spelling skills over time. Some researchers call it digital amnesia. We simply forget things that we delegate to technology. Misspellings might be on the rise not because we know less, but because we need to know less.”

Google made their findings after analyzing Google Trends search data from January 1 to May 19 of this year for “how do you spell” and “how to spell.”

Here is the full list of 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 (Seriously, Vermont?!?!)
  •         Virginia – People
  •         Washington – Appreciation
  •         West Virginia – Beautiful
  •         Wisconsin – Different
  •         Wyoming – Beautiful

And here are America’s most misspelled words with the number of searches:

  •       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
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