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Let's just say the words this year are very 2020.

There Are 37 Words Americans Can't Spell — I'll Be Impressed If You Can Spell Just 20

Can You Spell The Most Misspelled Words In America?

Most Americans Can't Spell These 37 Words — Can You?

**The top spelling search in:** Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington

The correct spelling is "quarantine."

The correct spelling is "cook."

The correct spelling is "heard."

Heared  
(as in, listened to with attention)

**The top spelling search in:** North Carolina

The correct spelling is "animal."

**The top spelling search in:** North Dakota

The correct spelling is "Easter."

The correct spelling is "listen."

The correct spelling is "gray."

The correct spelling is "tong."

Tong  
(as in, to handle with a grasping device)  


The correct spelling is "cabinet."

**The top spelling search in:** New Mexico

The correct spelling is "auntie."

**The top spelling search in:** Connecticut

The correct spelling is "grandma."

**The singular and plural forms were the top spelling search in:** South Carolina and Utah

The correct spelling is "character."

**The top spelling search in:** South Dakota

The correct spelling is "divided."

The correct spelling is "coronavirus."

**The top spelling search in:** California

The correct spelling is "because."

**The top spelling search in:** Tennessee

The correct spelling is "machine."

The correct spelling is "opinion."

The correct spelling is "elephant."

**The top spelling search in:** Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Missouri

Both “cancelled” and “canceled” are commonly accepted spellings.

The correct spelling is "sprinkles."

**The top spelling search in:** New Hampshire

The correct spelling is "furious."

The correct spelling is "Virginia."

The correct spelling is "eerie."

The correct spelling is "traumatized."

The correct spelling is "choir."

**The top spelling search in:** Arkansas, Illinois, and New Jersey

The correct spelling is "beautiful."

**The top spelling search in:** Washington, DC

The correct spelling is "people."

**The top spelling search in:** Wisconsin

The correct spelling is "illustrator."

The correct spelling is "probably."

The correct spelling is "deodorant."

The correct spelling is "tomorrow."

**The top spelling search in:** Mississippi

The correct spelling is "bidet."

**The top spelling search in:** Rhode Island

The correct spelling is "rehearsal."

The correct spelling is "sincerely."

The correct spelling is "parentheses."

**The top spelling search in:** West Virginia

The correct spelling is "chihuahua."

The correct spelling is "tragedy."

You got less than 20 right. Time to study up!

There Are 40 Words Americans Can't Spell, And I'll Be Impressed If You Can Spell Just 20

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There Are 37 Words Americans Can't Spell — I'll Be Impressed If You Can Spell Just 20

Each year Google releases a map of the most misspelled words in America, which shows the top-searched "how to spell" words by state.

Below are the 37 words from that map. All you have to do is say whether they're spelled correctly or incorrectly.

Tap below to see the map of this year's most misspelled words — and click here to take 2019's spelling quiz.

There Are 37 Words Americans Can't Spell — I'll Be Impressed If You Can Spell Just 20

Each year Google releases a map of the most misspelled words in America, which shows the top-searched "how to spell" words by state.

Below are the 37 words from that map. All you have to do is say whether they're spelled correctly or incorrectly.

Tap below to see the map of this year's most misspelled words — and click here to take 2019's spelling quiz.

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