FCM

Meantime as mean time

2012-01-17T20:07:00.002+05:30

I typed meantime as mean time today. Then I thought, what I have typed is correct? Then found that it should be meantime not mean time.

It's caught, not cought or catched

2011-10-31T00:24:00.001+05:30

This mistake is an interesting one. I was hurry while typing and I typed catched as the past tense of catch. I should not make such a silly mistake, because of two reasons. One is, I watch cricket and it teaches us the past tense of catch is caught. Also, I have practiced this word a lot, when I was a kid and was in school. Just now I realized why I did this mistake. It's because of the word cached. I use it a lot because of my profession. Then I tried to correct catched, but what typed was cought. Looks like it's a typo and I corrected this with the help of spelling suggester of my browser.

Advise as Advice

2011-10-27T19:17:00.001+05:30

Today while I was typing advise, I typed advice. The spellchecker of the browser warned me that there is a spelling error. But my brain did not able to find where I made the mistake. And finally, I took help from the suggestions of the spelling checker of the browser.

Knowledge as Knowlegde

2011-09-28T23:50:00.000+05:30

I found that I have written Knowledge as Knowlegde in some old content. I think that must be a type. But surprisingly all the occurrences of the word have that typo. So it comes under FCM.

Verbiage as Verbage

2011-08-22T13:29:00.000+05:30

Many people write Verbiage as Verbage. Verbage is a deliberate misspelling and mispronunciation of verbiage that assimilates it to the word "garbage". So next time, use the word Verbiage, not Verbage.

Firmware as Firmwire

2011-05-15T19:47:00.000+05:30

I recently made a mistake while typing Firmware as Firmwire. This might be a typo for me, as next time when I typed it, I typed correctly. But again, I got confused, whether Firmwire is correct and Firmware is another one? Finally, cleared my doubt and understood that there is nothing called as Firmwire.

Sadist as Saddist

2011-04-29T23:57:00.000+05:30

I saw a friends status message on Facebook, where he wrote Sadist as Saddist. He is very good in English. So, I don't think it's his Frequently Committed Mistake (FCM). It must be a typo. When I read that, I did not feel like that is spelled wrong. But when I searched that term to know more, I found the typo.

Principle or Principal?

2010-12-28T23:40:00.000+05:30

I got one email, where the sender meant to say principle, but he wrote principal.

Principle is an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.

Principal is a chief or head.

I call this problem (using the wrong principle/principal) as similarly pronounced word typo.

Fair as Fare

2010-12-22T02:56:00.000+05:30

I was just checking my tweets on last day, and found that I had typed Fair as Fare. A typo!!!

Across as Accross

2010-09-10T10:30:00.000+05:30

I just typed across as accross while searching Rhodes Across India on Google. Then Google suggested me that the correct spelling is across.

Counseling as Counselling or Councelling

2010-06-29T19:28:00.000+05:30

Some people write Counseling as Counselling. We are using the word Sell so much that, while typing Counseling, we end with Counselling.

Cell is also another most used and popular word. So, sometimes, when I try to type Counseling, I end with Councelling. But while typing I realize my mistake and correct the spelling.

Favor or Favour?

2010-06-14T11:34:00.000+05:30

Favor is the correct spelling as per American English. But Favour is used in British English.

Similarly, the past form of this word is favored (America) and favoured (British).

Also, the word favorite is correct in American English, where favourite is in British English.

There are few other words: favourable, favourably, favouritism stands in British English for their American counterparts: favorable, favorably, favoritism.

Is it enquiry or inquiry?

2010-06-14T11:10:00.000+05:30

British English uses both ‘enquiry’ and ‘inquiry’, but not in the same way as American English, which favors the ‘i’ spelling only.

Enquiry - ‘To enquire’ means to request information/look into. From this comes the noun ‘a/the enquiry’

Inquiry - This is favored in English only when talking of investigations.

via Janmejay Pati

Calendar vs Calender

2010-06-13T10:08:00.000+05:30

Today I mistyped Calendar as Calender. But the editor does not mark this as misspelled. I know what Calendar means, what Calender means? I searched in Dictionary.com and found that Calender is too a valid word.

Calender
cal·en·der /ˈkæləndər/ [kal-uhn-der]
–noun
1.
a machine in which cloth, paper, or the like, is smoothed, glazed, etc., by pressing between rotating cylinders.
2.
a machine for impregnating fabric with rubber, as in the manufacture of automobile tires.
–verb (used with object)
3.
to press in a calender.

Calendar
cal·en·dar /ˈkæləndər/ [kal-uhn-der]
–noun
1.
a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
2.
any of various systems of reckoning time, esp. with reference to the beginning, length, and divisions of the year. Compare Chinese calendar, Gregorian calendar, Hindu calendar, Jewish calendar, Julian calendar, Muslim calendar.
3.
a list or register, esp. one arranged chronologically, as of appointments, work to be done, or cases to be tried in a court.
4.
a list, in the order to be considered, of bills, resolutions, etc., brought before a legislative body.
5.
Obsolete . a guide or example.
–verb (used with object)
6.
to enter in a calendar; register.

Did you notice something? Both words are pronounced same.

Canceled as Cancelled

2010-04-08T11:35:00.002+05:30

I noticed that I have been using "Canceled" as "Cancelled" at the places where I don't have spell check. Suddenly when I copied some text and pasted it on a text area on Firefox, then I noticed this spelling mistake.

Fulfill as Fullfill

2010-01-14T18:48:00.002+05:30

I noticed that since few days I am committing this mistake frequently. I am typing Fulfill as Fullfill.

Opinion as Openion

2009-07-23T00:20:00.002+05:30

When I tried to type Opinion today, three time I typed Openion. First, I doubt on the spelling after 2 minutes, and then moved to Orkut scrapbook page (I need a text area on Firefox to check spellings by it's inbuilt spell checker). Then I came to know that I made that mistake. After that also, I tried to type it 2 more times, and typed Openion instead of Opinion, but this time I caught it while typing, before finishing the word.

Typing as Typping

2009-03-18T01:41:00.002+05:30

Sometimes I type Typing as Typping. There should not be the extra p.

Receive as Recieve

2009-03-18T01:38:00.002+05:30

I frequently type Receive as Recieve. Thanks to spell checkers, I able to know I am typing wrong. This may be reason of typo, but very less.

Introduce as Interduce

2009-03-16T02:29:00.002+05:30

I think, I only commit this mistake (not) frequently. I type Introduce as Interduce. I think this is the effect of the word Interview.

Coming as Comming

2009-02-01T18:59:00.002+05:30

This is an error I frequently commit, most of the time while typing I type comming instead of coming. There should not be double m. I made this mistake influenced by running, where there are double n.

Below vs Bellow

2009-01-31T19:41:00.003+05:30

Please find bellow the description:

Did you notice that I made a spelling mistake? I found that I often write bellow instead of below, also in some official emails (e.g. please find bellow the attachment). The word below means underneath or toward a lower place (Dictionary), where as the word bellow means to roar or to shout in a deep voice (Dictionary). As both words are valid, our spelling suggester does not show any mistake while typing.

Stamped as Stampped

2008-03-13T01:16:00.002+05:30

Some people also write Stamped as Stampped. There should not be the second 'p'.

Glamor as Glamour

2008-03-13T01:12:00.002+05:30

This mistake I don't commit generally. But I have found many people commit this mistake. I am not sure that they do it frequently or not, still check this. Some people write Glamor as Glamour. I found it in Orkut Scraps.

Committed as Commited

2008-03-13T01:09:00.002+05:30

I commit this mistake frequently. Some times I write Committed as Commited. Comitted and Comited are also other wrong alternatives, but not happens so frequently as Commited. While creating this bug, I also typed committed as commited.