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  2. Spell checker - Wikipedia

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    Spell checkers can use approximate string matching algorithms such as Levenshtein distance to find correct spellings of misspelled words. [1] An alternative type of spell checker uses solely statistical information, such as n-grams, to recognize errors instead of correctly-spelled words. This approach usually requires a lot of effort to obtain ...

  3. Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings - Wikipedia

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    The lists of common spelling mistakes linked below are used to correct typographical errors throughout Wikipedia.Each entry lists a typo, followed by the correct spelling in parentheses; clicking on the typo will search for it throughout Wikipedia.

  4. Commonly misspelled English words - Wikipedia

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    The following list, of about 350 words, is based on documented lists [4] [10] of the top 100, 200, or 400 [3] most commonly misspelled words in all variants of the English language, rather than listing every conceivable misspelled word. Some words are followed by examples of misspellings:

  5. You Might Be Surprised How These '60s Bands Got Their Names - AOL

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    2. The Doors. There are many people out there who think that rock musicians are nothing more than drunk, overpaid illiterates. Nothing could be further from the truth, as the Doors of "Light My ...

  6. List of musician and band name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Lothar and the Hand People – Band member Richard Willis had a dream in which an enslaved race called the Hand People was saved by a hero named Lothar. Later, well after the name had been chosen, they decided that Lothar was the name of the theremin used by member John Emelin.

  7. Wikipedia : Lists of common misspellings/Grammar and ...

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    daily regimen) (darker than [comparative]) (DC, direct current) (de rigueur) death knell (deciding how) (deep-seated) (kelvins) (depending on) (depending on whom you)

  8. This is the most commonly misspelled word on job resumes - AOL

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  9. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    To flush out is to cause game fowl to take to flight, or to frighten any quarry from a place of concealment. Standard: The forensic pathologist will flesh out the skull with clay. Standard: The beaters flushed out the game with drums and torches. Non-standard: This outline is incomplete and must be flushed out. flounder and founder.