Definitely vs definately

Which is the correct spelling? I had to look it up and realized that it is the most commonly misspelled word on DP. Sorry for a cheesy thread, but then again ... why not

Vote what you normally spell it as and then look here for the correct way

 

I don't know if there is an Americanism for this word but in the UK it is "definately"

 

I always think this way :
de-finite-ly, hence works almost everytime.

 

I used to be convinced it was the wrong one - but recently discovered my mistake.

 

definitely not over here

 

lol I used to use definitely until I spent so much time in here and I guess the peer pressure got me

 

Definately is my favourite word

 

Definately looking like a UK / US divide on this thread

 

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=definately

They don't have your word.
definitely "definitely" wins!

 

Looks like this guy agrees with you Tuning - http://www.wordridden.com/article.php/20020205132838.xml/all

 

lol @

from the first poster. Another common misspell.

 

And all yanks spell there their as there.

 

lol
Thats nice rant.

btw, I checked my local old dictionary and found "definitely" as the word eventhough our education system is following british english since independence. [ We use colour and not color ]

 

Guess Google has the answer, check out their "Did you mean" at the top.

 

I'm also always seeing lose and loose. When I first moved here I thought it was actually "Loose Weight" rather than "Lose Weight"

Come to find out, people just can't spell

 

English spelling on a whole is pretty screwed up in comparison to some of the spell-it-like-it-sounds languages out there. but hey- doesn't mean I don't like it

 

I hate peeple that carnt spel proberly.

 

I had a problem spelling "definitely" correctly, many years ago. After the CEO of my old company corrected me twice, I committed the correct spelling to memory and never made that mistake again. I rather doubt that this is one of the words spelled differently in the UK, but was unable to find a free version of the OED online to check it.

 

I think both are correct. The people with loose weight just have a whole bunch of flappy fat flopping around.

That sentence if fun to say.

 

yeah..it is always a turn-off to see wrong spellings, and screwed up in using their-there, here-hear, to-too. although sometimes, there is always a tendency to commit innocent mistakes.