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Much of interest stands out when pondering America's Most Misspelled Words state map of 2018 from Google Trends. Consider the states whose residents cannot spell "beautiful" without a Google search:

1. Arizona
2. Arkansas
3. California
4. Colorado
5. Illinois
6. Indiana
7. Massachusetts
8. North Carolina
9. Virginia
10. Washington
11. Wisconsin

Are these Google searchers seeking terms to describe their surroundings, attract a mate, or describe an automobile?

It should not surprise that people from Connecticut don't know how to spell "sincerely" — or that West Virginians stumble on "apparel". Even knowing the ingenuity of Vermonters, one might worry about their inability to spell "solution". 

While Kentuckians are trying to figure out what a "schedule" is, the nouveau riche in Florida struggle to spell "hors d'oeuvres". 

• Why should Maine-iacs desire to spell "Connecticut" so often? 
• Why would the people of landlocked North Dakota wish to buy a "yacht"?

Most interesting of all, perhaps, is why the people of Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, and Texas are suddenly so interested in spelling a word "first attested" in the 1940s.* According to the film that popularized the term, Disney's 1964 Mary Poppins, it is "something to say when you have nothing to say."

Perhaps that solves the mystery. 

SEE ALSO: 'Resume,' 'Beautiful' and 'Fiancé': The Hardest Words for Americans to Spell by Each State

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*Oxford English Dictionary