Misspelling a Word can Completely Alter What You Wish to Say

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Misspelling a Word can Completely Alter What You Wish to Say

 

Have you ever read an article and a typographical error gave the article a different meaning? This is why we should ensure we use correct spellings. Misspelling a word can completely alter what you wish to say.

 

 

What is with misspelling? Anyone should notice it was just an error. Well, there are times someone may not be able to tell the error. There are also times that others can pick out the error, but you may not like the outcome.

 

MISSPELLING A WORD CAN CHANGE ITS MEANING AND COMPLETELY ALTER WHAT YOU WISH TO SAY.

 

It is not always that you have a chance to explain spelling mistakes. There are occasions where spelling errors are spotted easily just from reading. However, there are also times when the error is not clear. This is often because the ‘new’ word has its meaning, which gives the sentence a whole new meaning that is correct and appropriate.

 

Unless you are hoping to win a prize or that your word will make the list of words that started as spelling mistakes, you have to watch your spelling. Misspellings can alter the meaning of a sentence.

 

 

There are some words when misspelled have a completely different meaning. 

 

Misspelling these words can create gross misinformation, which can be hilarious, embarrassing, or costly. Have you considered what will happen if in an official document you mistakenly spell the word ‘peer’ as ‘pear’ or ‘pair’ or ‘pier’? Let’s see what that will look like-

Peer Pair Pier Pear
Peer Pair Pier Pear

 

 

Seeing the images says it all. So. Watch out for such words.

 

Other common examples are shown in the table below.

     1. Hole and whole

Hole Whole
Hole Whole

 

       2. Tail and tale

Tai Tale
Tail Tale

 

 

 

           3. Rays and raise

 

rays Raise
Rays Raise

 

 

              4. Flower and flour

Flower Flour
Flower Flour

 

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        5. Maid and made

Maid Made
Maid Made

 

      6. Fawn and faun

Fawn Faun
Fawn Faun

 

 

          7. Peace and piece

Peace symbol Piece
Peace Piece

 

     8. Meet and meat

Meat Meet
Meat Meet

 

       9. Jeans and genes

 

Jeans Genes
Jeans Genes

 

10. Chat and chart

Chat Chart
Chat Chart

 

 

Can you think of other words that fall in this category?

Share in the comment box below or email us.

 

 

by Chinyere Nwosu

February 1, 2021

 

Photo credits: hqwords, unsplash, en-wiki

 

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