Ok so it's been a long time between mistakes but this one just had to make the ranks.

It really needs no explanation - just a furrowed brow as you try and work out how something like this could even happen.

Really? Two "I's". Well, I'll just call you twititer then, shall I?

Here is one super big fail error:

Austrailia Suggestions: Australia
 (appears 1 times)

It was on top during the pinnacle of the radio days and is now one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. The company has international alliances with other networks in almost every major city and has a close relationship with the Seven Network here in Australia.  

General Electric (GE) owns 80% of NBC, a $30 billion USD stake. 

As "America's late night leader" they should spell check more often... 

Here are two of a possible 4087 errors:

Lastest Suggestions: las test, las-test, last est, last-est, latest  (appears 2 times)

Commerical Suggestions: commercial  (appears 1 times) 

A mysterious British blogger at first, now known to be Paul Staines, 43, "a former political activist, City broker and rave organiser with a wild past," now blogs about his right-wing libertarian views and is known for breaking top stories with the intention to turn Parliament on its head.  Last year, he exposed Gordon Brown's smear campaign against Tory figures, over which one of Brown's top advisors resigned.

With such a following, he should take more responsibility when writing about politicians by checking his spelling!

Here are two of a possible 4178 errors:

Politicans  Suggestions: Suggestions: politic ans, politic-ans, politicians, politician's, politics  (appears 1 time)

Responsiblity Suggestions: responsibility, responsibly, responsibility's, irresponsibility, responsible (appears 4 times)

Preferably, they should double check their spelling!

 Here are two of a possible 6546 errors:

Preferrably  Suggestions: preferably, preferable, referable (appears 3 times)

Attendence Suggestions: attendance, attendances, attendees, attendance's, tendency (appears 2 times)

The Huffington Post, or Huff Po, ranks #1 in several polls due its high traffic and influence (According to Google Analytics, The Huffington Post has 22 million unique users each month.)  

It is a liberal American news website and blog founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer and Jonah Peretti that features various news sources and columnists.  The blog covers everything from politics to business to entertainment.  Launched in May of 2005 as a liberal commentary blog, it has greatly expanded, but has also retained, and is known for, its liberal and sometimes controversial edge.

For the "The most powerful blog in the world," (The Observer), you'd think they'd use spell check!

Here are two of a possible 4523 errors:

Miniscule  Suggestions: minuscule, minuscules, minuscule's  (appears 2 times)

Requriment  Suggestions: Requirement, Regiment, Recurrent, Rudiment, Recumbent 
 (appears 2 times)

www.abc.net.au is the online services of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.  The corporation started in 1932 and launched its website in 1995.  According to Alexa, it is the 22nd most viewed website in Australia.  It currently contains over 5 million pages and is regarded as one of Australia's top news sites.

You'd think they have the ability to spell better!

Here are two of a 6274 possible errors:

Abilty Suggestions: ever day, ever-day, everyday, Evert, every 
 (appears 4 times)

Everday Suggestions: ability, ablate, ably, agility, atilt  
 (appears 3 times)

One our favourite blogs to follow is Tech Crunch.  Created in 2005, it profiles technology based start-up companies, products and websites and as of February 11, 2010 it had over 4,563,000 RSS feed subscribers.  It is now affiliated with 13 other websites and today is within the top 200 of websites visited in the United States according to alexa.com.  

We come here to check out the newest innovations, not innocations.

Here are just two out of a possible 868 mistakes

innocation Suggestions: innovative, inactive, indicative, nonactive, annotative (appears 1 time)

devoped Suggestions: dev oped, dev-oped, devoted, developed, doped (appears 1 time)

 

Wired is a monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since March 1993, that reports on how technology affects culture, the economy, and politics.  Both Wired on-line and Wired Magazine have managed to outlive many of their competitors.  

Esteemed for it's articles and design, last year Wired was nominated for four National Magazine Awards.  In 2009 Wired Magazine was named Magazine of the Decade by the editors of AdWeek.  

It's become known that online copy-editing comes second to print-editing and Wired is no exception.

Here are just two out of a possible 1332 mistakes

millenium Suggestions: millennium, millenniums, millennium's (appears 6 times)

villian Suggestions: villain, villi an, villi-an, villainy, Villon (appears 1 times)

Apple, Inc was established as a computer company 34 years ago today, April 1, 1976.  Since than it has gained fame through its Macintosh computers, iPod, iPhone, iTunes, and now iPad. In 2009 the company reported worldwide annual sales of US$42.91 billion and Fortune magazine named Apple the most admired company in the world in 2008, 2009, and 2010.  

Apple has a sterling reputation for its sleek design, customer service, and quality products. Apple's image is also one of perfection, which is why we were surprised to find spelling errors on its website!

Here are just two out of a possible 412 mistakes

accessbility Suggestions: accessibility, accessibly, accessibility's, inaccessibility, accessible  (appears 1 time)

inlcude Suggestions: include, unlocked, inlaid, uncled, unglued (appears 1 times)

Perhaps it's just because I'm working abroad and hoping to make the most of my time here, but my friends and I rely on Time Out Sydney daily and I'm sure we're not the only ones.  This London based company, Time Out Group LTd, built in 1968, aims to be an aggregate of all activities going on in each particular city for which they have a magazine and website.  The company was estimated to be worth over 65 million AUD in 2008.  

Time Out now covers 28 major cities and publishes travel guides as well.  You'd think they'd be perfect at spelling activities and accommodations by now!

Here are just two out of a possible 451 mistakes

Activites Suggestions: Activities, Activates, Activity's (appears 2 times, including once on their home page!)

accomodation Suggestions: accommodation, accommodations, accommodating, accommodation's (appears 1 time)

The retail giant Woolworths Limited, "...is one of the largest retailers in Australia with supermarkets, petrol outlets, liquor outlets, electronic outlets and Big W stores across Australia. The company is Australia's largest food retailer and second largest private employer, with 13 million customers each week," according to their website.  The website "www.woolworths.com.au" allows internet users to shop online, view recipes, and read about health tips among other things.

This chocolate looks delicious, but this "confectionary" looks bad.

Here are just two out of a possible 179 mistakes

Confectionary Suggestions: Confectionery, Confectioner, Confectioners, Confections, Confection(appears 4 times)

dietician Suggestions: dietitian, dietitians, dietitian's (appears 2 times)

Thomson Reuters is a well known news service based in the United Kingdom and respected for its objectivity.  It began as a financial market reporting site that now sends reporters all over the world covering current events as well.  According to its website, "Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information ... "  It is ranked in the top 300 of the most visited websites in the world. It is the the 10th most visited site in Europe.  

For such a distinguished company, esteemed for its financial reporting in particular, you'd think they spell "commercial" right! 

Here are just two of a possible 2,385 spelling errors

Comercial Suggestions: Commercial, Commercially, Commercials, Comical (appears one time)

Despatched Suggestions: des patched, des-patched, dispatched, dispatches, dispatcher (appears one time)

Ecolab is a global leader in cleaning, sanitizing, food safety and infection control products and services. They made over $6 billion in global sales in 2007 and are ranked #403 on the Fortune 500 list. The company provides sanitation, pest control supplies, food service equipment repair and parts, services and consulting all around the world. Yet they seem to have a bit of trouble keeping things tidy on their own website; help yourself before you help others, or so the saying goes.

Absorption, misspelled 14 times on their site, is a mess they just may want to clean up.

Here are two of a possible 3,051 errors:

absorbtion Suggestions: absorption, absolution, absorbing
 (appears 14 times)

Commitee Suggestions: Committee, Commuter, Commute, Commit
 (appears 1 times)

 “The information needed to make economic-transaction decisions must be timelier and more accurate than ever before,” states the First American Corporation website. However, this financial services company could certainly take a lesson or two from ANZ, who most certainly understand the importance of getting things right—even when it comes to spelling. "Mortgage. M-o-r-t-g-a-g-e. Mortgage." Accommodation, spelled with TWO c's and TWO m's, is misspelled on the website in the real estate term glossary. 

Here are two of a possible 4,933 errors:

mortage Suggestions: mort age, mort-age, mortgage, montage, Portage
 (appears 5 times)

Accomodation Suggestions: Accommodation, Accommodations, Accommodating, Accommodation's 
 (appears 1 times)

Emcor is a global leader in mechanical and electrical construction, giving life to new structures and sustaining life in existing ones. They had no problems winning awards such as Top 100 Global Outsouring Leader, Top Green 50 Sourcing Vendors, World's Most Admired Company in the Engineering/Construction Category, Top 600 Specialty Contractors and more. A bit more challenging, however, was competing for the Least Amount of Errors on Corporate Website Award, with over 2,000 possible errors and some rather obvious mistakes listed below. What's worse, they're setting a bad example for children by having spelling mistakes on a page designed for kids. The misspelled word is in bold! 

Here are two of a possible 2,368 errors:

Chemcial Suggestions: Chemical, Chemically, Commercial, Chummily, Chinchilla
 (appears 1 times)

Challege Suggestions: Ch allege, Ch-allege, Challenge, Chalker, Challenger
 (appears 3 times)