California’s MOST MISSPELLED Word Is Embarrassingly Ironic…

California, we need to talk. For a state so synonymous with sunshine, glamour, and flawless Instagram captions, you’d think we’d have mastered spelling a word that defines us. I know what you're thinking, and NO... The word isn't "Republican"! Don’t worry, though—this isn’t a roast. Okay, it is a roast, but it’s coming from a place of love.

The word that SO MANY PEOPLE in California struggle to to spell is "Beautiful."That’s right, folks. The most commonly misspelled word in the Golden State is none other than “beautiful.” The irony is too good, isn’t it? A word we use to describe everything from Pacific Ocean sunsets to avocado toast is the very word we can’t spell. Californians, it’s not “beutiful,” and it’s certainly not “bueatifull.” Take a deep breath and remember: B-E-A-U-tiful. (Shout out to Jim Carrey for trying to teach us this in Bruce Almighty).

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Before you start pointing fingers, know this isn’t just a California problem. “Beautiful” is the most commonly misspelled word in the entire U.S., as well as in 47 other countries. It’s a worldwide epidemic of missing vowels, forgotten “u’s,” and rogue “l’s.” Don’t believe me? Just take a quick scroll through your social media feed—it’s littered with “beuatiful.”

The OTHER misspelled words from Californian's:

Apparent
Entrepreneur
License
Privilege
Pronunciation
Tendency
Weird
Becoming
Beginning
Believe

If you’re still clinging to your pride, let’s explore some of the other spelling hurdles Californians face. Words like “apparent,” “entrepreneur,” “privilege,” “pronunciation,” and—my personal favorite—“weird” trip us up regularly. The last one feels like a personal attack. How can we not spell “weird” when we practically invented it with our quirky coffee shops and Burning Man?

But hey, at least we’re not Connecticut, where people are struggling to spell supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Or Wisconsin, where the most misspelled word is literally their own state’s name. So, there’s that.

Each State's MOST Misspelled Words:
Alabama: pneumonia
Alaska: schedule
Arizona: tomorrow
Arkansas: chihuahua
California: beautiful
Colorado: tomorrow
Connecticut: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Delaware: hallelujah
Washington, D.C. : ninety
Florida: receipt
Georgia: gray
Hawaii: people
Idaho: quote
Illinois: appreciate
Indiana: hallelujah
Iowa: vacuum
Kansas: diamond
Kentucky: beautiful
Louisiana: giraffe
Maine: pneumonia
Maryland: special
Massachusetts: license
Michigan: pneumonia
Minnesota: beautiful
Mississippi: nanny
Missouri: maintenance
Montana: surprise
Nebraska: suspicious
Nevada: available
New Hampshire: difficult
New Jersey: twelve
New Mexico: bananas
New York: beautiful
North Carolina: angel
North Dakota: dilemma
Ohio: beautiful
Oklahoma: patient
Oregon: sense
Pennsylvania: sauerkraut
Rhode Island: liar
South Carolina: chihuahua
South Dakota: college
Tennessee: chaos
Texas: maintenance
Utah: disease
Vermont: Europe
Virginia: delicious
Washington: pneumonia
West Virginia: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Wisconsin: Wisconsin
Wyoming: priority

Let’s make a pact, California. Next time we’re basking in our beautiful beaches, staring at our beautiful mountains, or photographing our beautiful brunch, let’s spell it right. Because a state this stunning deserves better than “beutiful.”

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