Canada’s most misspelled words, according to search data

What words do you have the most trouble spelling? Which ones do you find yourself googling to double-check the spelling?

Using Google search data for 2025, the folks at WordUnscrambler.pro created a list of the words Canadians have the most trouble spelling, and a list showing the most troublesome words by province.

The list:

Colour: 93,600 searches. Colour, not color, is the correct Canadian spelling.
License: 68,400 searches.
Favourite: 56,400 searches. Favourite, not favorite, is the correct Canadian spelling.
Weird: 48,000 searches.
Jewellery: 42,000 searches.
Business: 40,800 searches.
Diarrhea: 36,000 searches. Both diarrhea and diarrhoea are correct.
Definitely: 33,600 searches.
Neighbour: 30,000 searches. Neighbour, not neighbor, is the correct Canadian spelling.
Honour: 27,600 searches. Honour, not honor, is the correct Canadian spelling.
Behaviour: 22,800 searches. Behaviour,not behavior, is the correct Canadian spelling.
Maintenance: 21,600 searches.

What are the words that most searched in each province? Check it out:

Yukon Territory – Behaviour.
British Columbia – Indigenous.
Nova Scotia – Colour.
Prince Edward Island – Neighbour.
Ontario – Business.
Alberta – Silly. colour
Northwest Territories – Definitely.
Manitoba – Perogies.
Saskatchewan – Business.
Newfoundland and Labrador – Though.
Nunavut – Favourite.
New Brunswick – Camouflage.
Quebec – Colour.

“Surprisingly most Canada’s misspelled word searches are not errors in spelling but alternative standard forms of British vs American English. We found that many searches revolved around how to spell words in Canada, America, UK and Australia,” the site said in a news release. “Words like colour, favourite, neighbour and behaviour reflect British English spellings while their American counterparts (color, favorite, neighbor, behavior) are also as correct.”