This Is Michigan's Most Commonly Misspelled Word, And It's Kind Of Shocking

A new Google search data study shows the most misspelled words across the nation.

In Michigan, that word is "which." Michigan was the only state to see the word "which" as its most misspelled word.

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While that may come as shocking, I guess it's important to note that "which" is a homophone, though Michiganders should know when to be talking about a "witch."

Unscramblerer.com conducted the study, which was based on an analysis of Google search data from Jan. 1 through May 18 of this year.

"Analyzing America’s list of most misspelled words for 2026, we found silent letters, irregular vowel sounds, tricky suffixes, difficult consonant blends, schwa sounds, weird double letters, French and Spanish loanwords that break every phonics rule," a spokesperson from Unscramblerer said. "English spelling and pronunciation is often irregular."

America’s top 10 most misspelled words include:

1. Bougie - 134 400 searches
2. Favorite - 128 400 searches
3. Through - 127 200 searches
4. Business - 123 600 searches
5. Tomorrow - 121 200 searches
6. Because - 106 800 searches
7. Definitely - 104 400 searches
8. Beautiful - 102 000 searches
9. Niece - 100 800 searches
10. Separate - 98 400 searches

The study comes just days before nine Michigan students are set to compete at the Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. for the annual Scripps Spelling Bee.