The words every state finds hardest to spell

As the National Spelling Bee gets underway this week, Vocativ took a look at what words residents of all 50 states are most likely to try to spell-check using Google.

Hannukah is a popular option (possibly because there is no one right spelling). Fifty Shades of Grey seems to have sparked some confusion about how the color is spelled. Delaware is, alarmingly, Googling how to correctly spell a type of foot fungus. And Maine is awfully frustreted — frusterated — oh forget it — by this spelling stuff:

(Vocativ)

Why is English spelling so difficult? Partly due to the Great Vowel Shift, explained in 25 maps that explain the English language.

Update: It looks like the chart itself may have a misspelling where Louisiana is concerned.

@libbyanelson @voxdotcom state misspelling chart has Louisiana word wrong. People are trying to spell "parrain", a Cajun word for Godfather

— Francois Galante (@BayouWho) May 28, 2015

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