Spelling (Sp)
The word is misspelt either because of typing errors, regional variations, style choices, mispronunciations, homophones, personal names or foreign language.
Typing errors
Typing errors should usually be picked up if you're using a word processing application such as Microsoft Word. However, ensure that you have the proofing options enabled in the Microsoft Word “Options” menu. Also, ensure that the exceptions options to hide errors for the document you're working on are disabled. Microsoft Word add-ins such as “Grammarly” usually require the hide errors options to be enabled.
accomodate, books's, bouyant, commited, dilema, does'nt, foriegn, heirarchy, immitate, nieghbor, potatos, sieze, withold
accommodate, books', buoyant, committed, dilemma, doesn't, foreign, hierarchy, imitate, neighbour, potatoes, seize, withhold
Regional variations
Agusto & Co.'s writing style guide recommends the use British English spellings. Again, the regional variations in spellings may be picked up by Microsoft Word as long as the language for the document is properly set to “English (United Kingdom)” and the option to not check spelling or grammar is disabled.
color, labor, center, liter, traveler, modeling, defense, license, fetus, anemia, catalog, analyze and paralyze
colour, labour, centre, litre, traveller, modelling, defence, licence, foetus, anaemia, catalogue, analyse and paralyse
Style choices
Words ending in “-ise” and “-isation” can also be spelt by ending respectively with “-ize” and “-ization” in British English. However, for consistency, the Agusto & Co. writing style guide recommends the use of the “-ise” or “-isation” variations only.
realize, apologize, organization and nationalization
realise, apologise, organisation and nationalisation
Mispronunciations
Some words are commonly mispronounced due to varying regional dialects or accents and/or missing sounds or stresses in a non-native English speaker's mother tongue. This can lead to phonetic misspelling of such words in writing.
You where expected to come in at 9am this morning
You were expected to come in at 9am this morning
Homophones
Two or more words may be spelt differently and have different meanings but pronounced the same (homophones). There are many examples of words that are homophones such as right, write and rite; apples and apple's or rain, rein and reign.
We believe that the obligor has sufficient reserves to whether the storm
We believe that the obligor has sufficient reserves to weather the storm
Personal names
Personal names and surnames may be pronounced like a standard English word but have a different spelling while personal names in different languages can also have spelling variations. For example, the Arabic name Muhammad has many variations including Muhammed, Mohamed, Mohammad, Mohammed and Mohamad.
Maurice Green won three gold medals at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics
Maurice Greene won three gold medals at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics
Foreign language
A word may be misspelt in English due to the writer being more familiar with a different but similar spelling in another related European language such as French and German.
Dear Madame, I trust this email meets you well
Dear Madam, I trust this email meets you well