How to Spell • Spelling Differences • Maps

How to Spell • Spelling Differences • Maps

May 27, 2025

Jenny Lee, Lead Data Analyst

with Sabrina Elfarra

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Top Trends

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Sports

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Spelling Bee

• "i before e except after c" was the top-searched spelling rule in the past month, followed by "spelling rules for au aw"

• "variant vowels" search interest broke out in the past month, as well as "what is a diphthong"

• Search interest in "what is a digraph" spiked +4,650% in the past month, and "orthographic mapping" was a breakout-related search

• Search interest in "omelette spelling" spiked +350% in the past month, and "how to spell appreciate" rose +300%

• The top searched "words with silent…" over the the past month is "gh" and "b"

Top trending "how to spell" searches

Past month, US

1. Congratulations

2. Appreciation

3. Florida

4. Amazing

5. Camouflage 

Top searched "why is … so hard to spell"

past month, US

1. Definitely

2. Restaurant

3. Architecture

4. Necessary

5. Tomorrow 

Top plural spelling searches

Past month, US

1. Mango 

2. Bloody mary

3. Berry

4. Controversy 

5. Octopus 

Top trending word origin searches

Past month, US

1. OK

2. Bad

3. Geometry

4. Picnic

5. Avatar 

Spelling differences

• "Spell access" was searched 5x more than "spell recess" in the past month

• The top searched "is it spelled … or …" is "grey or gray" followed by "carmel or caramel" and "donut or doughnut" over the past year

Top trending this vs. that spelling searches

Past month, US

1. Boujee vs bougie 

2. Conscious vs conscience 

3. Pre-school vs preschool

4. Desert vs. dessert

5. Cocoa vs cacao

Top trending British vs. American spelling searches

Past month, US

1. Gray vs grey

2. Apologize vs apologise

3. Whiskey vs whisky

4. Canceling vs cancelling

5. Theater vs theatre 

Spelling through Maps

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