The Bee Week is on and so is the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee which is US’s annual spelling competition, where hundreds of spelling buffs will battle it out for a prize, is also ongoing.
The competition will go on from May 26 to May 31 where the best speller will walk away with a cool $40,000 cash prize. The spelling champs tackles some of the most difficult words in the English language such as syllepsis, maculature, knaidel, guetapens and a no. of words we have never heard before.
Now as per the Google Trends, the citizens across the 51 states are having trouble spelling words like amazing, enough, committee, eleven and probably. The toughest one to spell is beautiful.
Here’s a list of the words that the Americans find it tough as per the Google trends:
Alabama | niece |
Alaska | preferred |
Arizona | patient |
Arkansas | family |
California | beautiful |
Colorado | favorite |
Connecticut | neighbor |
Delaware | veterinarian |
Washington, D.C. | enough |
Florida | beautiful |
Georgia | beautiful |
Hawaii | Hawaii |
Idaho |
embarrassed
|
Illinois | beautiful |
Indiana | activities |
Iowa | loose |
Kansas | committee |
Kentucky | ninety |
Louisiana | indict |
Maine | guess |
Maryland | heart |
Massachusetts | grey |
Michigan | amazing |
Minnesota | especially |
Mississippi | fifteen |
Missouri | definitely |
Montana | comma |
Nebraska | delicious |
Nevada | appreciate |
New Hampshire | recess |
New Jersey | grey |
New Mexico | patience |
New York | bougie |
North Carolina | beautiful |
North Dakota |
independence
|
Ohio | favorite |
Oklahoma | February |
Oregon |
phenomenal
|
Pennsylvania | pneumonia |
Rhode Island | message |
South Carolina | beautiful |
South Dakota | jewelry |
Tennessee | intelligent |
Texas | beautiful |
Utah | important |
Vermont | benefit |
Virginia | beautiful |
Washington | grey |
West Virginia | eleven |
Wyoming | tear |
Wisconsin | opinion |
Also in 2018, “Beautiful” was ranked among the most difficult words to spell.
Along with the trends, Google has also told an embarrassing truth that adults are no better than children when it comes to spellings of simple words.