RE: Avocado or Omelette? The Most Commonly Misspelled Food Revealed.

The internet is the best place to go to for recipes and meal inspiration. Simply type in one ingredient and you’ll find endless possibilities for what you can make with it. However, users around the world are guilty of regularly misspelling common foods that we can all find in our fridges and cupboards!

That’s why Top10 Meal DeliveriesExternal Link sought to discover the most commonly misspelled foods - and learnt that internet users across the world have made over 4.5 Million spelling mistakes when searching food names!

Key Findings

  • Avocado is the most misspelled, with 371,600 searches per month on average made globally 
  • Germans misspell Zucchini more than anyone else
  • Americans are the guiltiest for misspelling 7 of the top 20 words analysed
  • Italian cuisine dominate the top 20 list of misspelled food and drinks
  • UK web users regularly misspell Gnocchi and Bruschetta

Top 20

Food

Misspelled Searches

Misspellings

Guiltiest Country

Avocado

371,600

Avacado, Avacodo

India

Omelette

339,000

Omelet, Omlete, Omlette

Brazil

Gnocchi

295,800

Gnochi, Gnocci Gnochhi

UK

Broccoli

291,100

Brocoli, Brocolli, Broccli

India

Bruschetta

230,000

Bruschette, Bruchetta, Bruscetta

UK

Caesar Salad

197,000

Cesar, Ceaser, Ceasar

Italy

Zucchini

197,000

Zuchini, Zuccini,

Germany

Bologna

193,000

Balogne, Balogna, Baloney

USA

Fusilli

187,000

Fussili, Fusili, Fussilli

USA

Cinnamon

187,000

Cinammon, Cinamon, Cinnimon

USA

Sandwich

171,000

Sandwhich, Sandwitch, Sanwich

USA

Macaron

136,000

Macaroon

USA

Spaghetti

102,900

Spegetti, Spagetti, Spagheti

Turkey

Fettuccine

94,900

Fettuccini, Fettucine, Fettucini

Brazil

Frittata

76,800

Fritata, Fritatta, Frittatta

USA

Mozzarella

74,000

Mozerella, Mozarella, Mozarela

Germany

Croissant

72,000

Crossaint, Crossiant, Crossant

Australia

Mayonnaise

64,000

Mayonaise

Indonesia

Prosciutto

61,600

Prociutto, Proscuitto, Proscutto

USA

Avocado tops the list with 371,600 combined searches for Avacado and Avacodo, with India being the most guilty country.

Brazilians are the top culprits for misspelling Omelette which ranks 2nd with 339,000 misspelled searches, with common misspelt searches including Omelet and Omlete.

UK residents misspell Gnocchi the most, having discovered a grand total of 295,800 average searches made each month globally for the Italian dumplings, with Gnocci the most common misspelling (170,000 average searches globally).

Germans Misspell Zucchini and Mozzarella more than anyone else, with the most common misspellings being Zuchini and Mozerella.

Top 10 Misspellings

Mispelling

Searches

Avacado

366,000

Omelet

248,000

Cappucino

117,000

Gnocci

170,000

Brocoli

289,000

Bruschette

147,000

Ceasar Salad

75,000

Zuccini

145,000

Baloney

101,000

Cinamon

117,000

Methodology

  1. Top10 Meal DeliveriesExternal Link sought to discover the most commonly misspelled foods through global search trend data.

  2. Top10 Meal DeliveriesExternal Link started by collating previous articles and quizzes about the most misspelled foods from BuzzfeedExternal Link, 967 The EagleExternal Link, and GrubhubExternal Link as well as food names that have appeared in spelling bees from 2010External Link, 2014External Link and 2015External Link.

  3. 40 food names were extracted for investigation, and Top10 Meal Deliveries input each one into Google analytics provider Ahrefs to discover average monthly searches, as well as sourcing the most common incorrect spellings of the food names.

  4. The data was cleaned and filtered to produce a top 20 list of commonly misspelled foods.

  5. This data is correct as of 20/01/2022 and is subject to change.

A link to the original datasheet can be found hereExternal Link.

Credit: Top10 Meal DeliveriesExternal Link