Editing Spelling (section)

===Misspellings===
{{Main|Commonly misspelled words}}
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[[Image:misspelling.purchase.arp.500pix.jpg|thumb|right|A misspelling of the word "purchased" on a service station sign]]

While some words admit multiple spellings, some spellings are not considered standard. These are commonly called "'''misspellings'''". A misspelled word can be a series of letters that represents no correctly spelled word of the same language at all (such as "leik" for "like") or a correct spelling of another word (such as writing "here" when one means "hear", or "no" when one means "know"). Misspellings of the latter type are called "[[Typographical error#Atomic typos|atomic typos]]", and they can easily make their way into printed material because they are not caught by simple computer [[spell checker]]s. Deliberate misspellings that emphasize the pronunciation of a [[regional dialect]] are part of [[eye dialect]] (such as writing "'Murica'" instead of "America", or "helluva" instead of "hell of a").

Misspellings may be due to accidental [[typo|typing error]]s (e.g. the transposition error ''[[teh]]'' for ''the''), lack of knowledge of the normative spelling, or lack of concern over spelling rules at all. Whether or not a word is misspelled may depend on context and the orthographic conventions adopted, as is the case with American/British English distinctions. Misspelling can also be a matter of opinion when variant spellings are accepted by some and not by others. For example, "miniscule" (for "minuscule") is a misspelling to many,<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miniscule "minuscule"], ''Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary''; states that this spelling is "widely regarded as an error"</ref> and yet it is listed as an acceptable variant in some dictionaries.<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/61/69/M0316900.html "minuscule"], ''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language''</ref><ref>[http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=minuscule*1+0&dict=a "minuscule"], ''Cambridge Dictionary of American English''</ref>

A well-known internet scam involves the registration of [[domain names]] that are deliberate misspellings of well-known corporate names to mislead or defraud. The practice is commonly known as "[[typosquatting]]".<ref>[http://www.rivkinradler.com/rivkinradler/Publications/newformat/200409Lewis.shtml "Typosquatters Act May Apply to Misspelling Domain Names to Mislead Surfers"], Shari Claire Lewis, ''New York Law Journal'', September 15, 2004,</ref>