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Glee is not, however, the word that sprung to mind when Claude and Mom had a little exchange about the spelling of Katherine of Aragon’s name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The reserve for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever comes off the bench for the latter-day contenders, spelling for star Caitlin Clark and averaging a respectable eight points per game.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
The ticket was purchased through United Airlines, but the flight was operated by Air Canada, and it proved very challenging to get a new ticket printed with the correct name spelling, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Reed jokes that while he doesn't mind the odd spelling mistake "because it shows it was written by a human, not AI", attention to detail is really important so make sure it is grammatically correct.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
However, when it came to spelling, her own name was so difficult to get right that she had given up on the subject altogether.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
The predictive text is supposed to learn your style and improve over time, but depending on the fixes you do or don’t accept, it can learn incorrect spellings in place of correct ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
Other spellings of the name also made the list: Mohammed came in 21st place, with 1,760 given the name, and Mohammad in 53rd place, with 986.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025
The so-called invading force of my generation assimilated to the point where our kids are named Brandon and Ashley in all sorts of spellings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2025
And because Jefferson's original moniker was spelled as Megalonyx, any other subsequent spellings of the name, like some that utilize the -onix suffix, are incorrect.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2024
That is why you might see “Muscogee” or “Muskogee,” as well as “Maskoke,” on highway or street signs where Muscogee people live; it’s the same word but with different spellings.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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