In an honor to The Scripps National Spelling Bee this year, Google revealed the states spelling problem on specific words as analyzed by the top search engine result on "how to spell".

On May 26, during the spelling bee final, Google posted "how to spell" search for words by state on Twitter and the infographics show specific words of each state that the residents have found difficulty to spell.

Some states are having difficulties in spelling family-related vocabularies

Nevada has trouble in spelling "cousin" that they need Google to help them spell the word. Whilst Texas people are not sure how to spell "niece".

North Carolina and Missouri residents' top word spelling search is " Pneumonia". Most people in Pennsylvania are not sure if the word "canceled" should be spelled with one or two L.

On the other hand, people in Washington D.C. do not feel confident when they have to spell "croissant" even if the pastry is a staple breakfast in the city.

Judging by the infographics, Oklahoma, Michigan and South Dakota residents are having trouble to spell the intermediate color between black and white. They are not sure if it is "gray" or "grey".

The company also lists some uncommon terms that some states find difficulties in spelling the word. These terms include "croissant", "leprechaun" and "boutonniere"

The Digital Trends shared the news on Americans difficulties in spelling the words, and it seems to be a serious problem. Many states are not quite sure which word makes sense. Fortunately, with the "how to spell" trend being published by Google, people are now sure that many of us indeed are not being confident enough when writing a certain word.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee 2016 resulted in two champions: Texas' fifth-grader, Nihar Janga and New York's seventh grader, Jairam Hathwar as reported by ABC News.

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