(NEXSTAR) – The 97th Scripps National Spelling Bee took place this past week, showcasing the orthographical talents of the best and brightest youngsters in the nation.
And unlike us, none of them were using Google to doublecheck their spelling.
In honor of this year’s Bee, WordUnscrambler.pro — an online resource for wordsmiths and Scrabble enthusiasts — has attempted to determine the most misspelled word in each state by studying the volume of Google searches containing phrases like “How do you spell [X]” or “How to spell [X].” The site’s analysts also enlisted the help of Ahrefs, a marketing and SEO company, to determine the volume of searches and the variations of possible spelling queries for the analysis.
The results, according to WordUnscrambler.pro, are indicative of “America’s m