Michigan’s Most Misspelled Word for 2026 Is Surprisingly Simple

The National Spelling Bee is underway this week, which means Michigan is once again forced to confront the horrifying reality that the English language was apparently created during a caffeine-fueled committee meeting where no one was allowed to use logic.

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Seriously, whoever came up with "I before E except after C" owes generations of students a formal apology and probably financial compensation. That rule collapses faster than a lawn chair at a graduation party the second words like "weird," "neighbor," or "science" enter the chat.

America’s Most Misspelled Words

New research from Unscrambler.com analyzed Google search data from January through mid-May 2026, tracking searches like "how to spell" and "how do you spell." The results read like America collectively panicked before every fourth-grade spelling test. 

Nationally, the most searched spelling struggles included "bougie," "favorite," "through," "business," and "definitely." And of course "through" made the list. That word looks like somebody lost a fight with a keyboard. Researchers say silent letters, weird vowel combinations, double consonants, and borrowed words from other languages are the main reasons English spelling feels like an obstacle course.

Michigan’s Most Misspelled Word

Some states struggled with "business." Others, understandably, "chihuahua." Meanwhile, Michigan's most misspelled word for 2026 seems... aggressively ordinary. According to the data, the word Michiganders search most for help was:

"Which."

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That's right. Which. Not a fancy French word. Not a 14-letter nightmare. Just "which." Honestly though? Without spellcheck and the little red line quietly saving our dignity at least 40 times a day, we'd all be face-down in a Webster's Dictionary wondering where and how our lives went sideways.

Curious what the most misspelled word is in the rest of the nation? See the full 50-state list below.