According to data analyzed last year, Google Trends determined the top “how-to-spell” search terms for every state. The findings were reported by abc27, Harrisburg, citing data from AT&T.
Coronavirus, a likely candidate, was 2021’s most mangled noun in the Commonwealth.
Residents of other five states also struggled with it: Michigan, New Jersey, Illinois, Vermont, and West Virginia.
A common error presented it as Caronavirus, off the mark both in vowels and capitalization.
Another common flub in the Keystone State was quarantine, a spelling bee killer in 11 other states. Favorite close-but-not-quite version? “Corn teen.”
It is totally understandable that during a raging pandemic people struggled with the nouns associated with a widespread health crisis right outside their winnows — er, windows.
Read more about the most misspelled 2021 word in Pennsylvania at abc27.
