The Bee Week is finally upon us. The 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, US’s annual spelling competition, where hundreds of spelling whizzes will battle it out for the coveted prize, has already begun. The competition will go on from May 26 to May 31 where the best speller will walk away with a cool $40,000 cash prize. Spelling champs are nothing short of geniuses, who tackle some of the most difficult words in English language such as syllepsis, maculature, knaidel, guetapens and a ton of other words we’ve never heard before! But regular Americans, it seems, are not struggling with any of these. Google Trends has revealed that citizens across the 51 states are having trouble spelling words like “amazing”, “enough”, “committee”, “eleven” and “probably.” The toughest one to spell is “beautiful.”

Words America Struggle With:

Here’s a list of the words that Americans find it tough according to Google Trends:

Alabama  niece
Alaska  preferred
Arizona  patient
Arkansas  family
California  beautiful
Colorado  favorite
Connecticut  neighbor
Delaware  veterinarian
Washington, D.C.  enough
Florida  beautiful
Georgia  beautiful
Hawaii  Hawaii
Idaho  embarrassed
Illinois  beautiful
Indiana  activities
Iowa  loose
Kansas  committee
Kentucky  ninety
Louisiana  indict
Maine  guess
Maryland  heart
Massachusetts  grey
Michigan  amazing
Minnesota  especially
Mississippi  fifteen
Missouri  definitely
Montana  comma
Nebraska  delicious
Nevada  appreciate
New Hampshire  recess
New Jersey  grey
New Mexico  patience
New York  bougie
North Carolina  beautiful
North Dakota  independence
Ohio  favorite
Oklahoma  February
Oregon  phenomenal
Pennsylvania  pneumonia
Rhode Island  message
South Carolina  beautiful
South Dakota  jewelry
Tennessee  intelligent
Texas  beautiful
Utah  important
Vermont  benefit
Virginia  beautiful
Washington  grey
West Virginia  eleven
Wyoming  tear
Wisconsin opinion

"Beautiful" also ranked among the most difficult words to spell in 2018. Know Words That Americans Google For Spelling. 

With this revelation, Google has laid bare an embarrassing truth – that adults are no better than children when it comes to spellings of simple words. The search engine giant based their list on the phrase “how to spell…” but Google hasn’t revealed the when, the where and the why of the searches.

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