Ebay is one of the most common search terms in the world wide web. Misspellings of ebay like eaby or ebey are popular too. You do not find misspellings in web search - you even find them in title & item descriptions in ebay auctions. Finding such eBay spelling mistakes can help you to save a lot of money. But it takes time to search for them.
The free service named auctionspeller will search for the most common misspellings and typos.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Friday, September 21, 2007
misspelling
Definition from the Wikipedia:
While some words admit multiple spellings, some spellings are clearly incorrect and thus labeled as misspellings. A misspelled word can be a series of letters that represents no correctly spelled word of the same language at all (such as "liek" for "like") or a correct spelling of another word (such as writing "here" when one means "hear", or "now" when one means "know"). Misspellings of the latter type can easily make their way into printed material because they are not caught by simple computerized spell checkers.
Misspellings may be due to either typos (e.g. typing teh for the), or lack of knowledge of the correct spelling. Whether or not a word is misspelled may depend on context, such as American / British English distinctions. Misspelling can also be a matter of opinion when variant spellings are accepted by some and not by others. For example "miniscule" (for "minuscule") is a misspelling to many, and yet it is listed as a legitimate variant in a number of dictionaries.
While some words admit multiple spellings, some spellings are clearly incorrect and thus labeled as misspellings. A misspelled word can be a series of letters that represents no correctly spelled word of the same language at all (such as "liek" for "like") or a correct spelling of another word (such as writing "here" when one means "hear", or "now" when one means "know"). Misspellings of the latter type can easily make their way into printed material because they are not caught by simple computerized spell checkers.
Misspellings may be due to either typos (e.g. typing teh for the), or lack of knowledge of the correct spelling. Whether or not a word is misspelled may depend on context, such as American / British English distinctions. Misspelling can also be a matter of opinion when variant spellings are accepted by some and not by others. For example "miniscule" (for "minuscule") is a misspelling to many, and yet it is listed as a legitimate variant in a number of dictionaries.
Friday, September 09, 2005
What do I do if my child misspells a lot of words?
Some expert advice from scholastic.com to the question What do I do if my child misspells a lot of words?
Friday, August 05, 2005
The Most Often Misspelled Words in English
The Alpha Dictionary Site presents a list of the words most often misspelled:
The Most Often Misspelled Words in English.
The Most Often Misspelled Words in English.
By the way, I just realized that Miss Spelling is working at their site, presenting Miss Spelling's Ultimate Spelling Exercise. Come on - give it a try!
Sunday, December 05, 2004
Google and Misspidering
Strange behaviour of Google. The index page of this site has been dropped from the Google Index. Is it a kind of mis-spidering, mis-crawling or mis-indexing??? I don't know, but it is at least mis-terious.
Friday, October 08, 2004
definition of misspelling via wikipedia
Misspelling refers to spelling a word incorrectly. Misspelling is distinguished from other errors in writing, such as grammatical errors, incorrect capitalization or misuse of punctuation. A misspelled word can be a series of letters ...
Have a look at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia in order to read the full article.
Have a look at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia in order to read the full article.
Saturday, September 04, 2004
word recognition at microsoft research
A very interesting article from microsoft research named The Science of Word Recognition. Learn about the different theories on how humans read - Word Shape, Serial Letter Recognition and Parallel Letter Recognition. Fascinating.
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