President Trump's Twitter misspellings create spike in dictionary searches
President Trump’s Twitter gaffes have reportedly led to a surge in online searches for words he’s misspelled, according to a new report from dictionary.com.
The significant example was his misspelling of the three-letter word “tap,” when claiming former President Obama tapped his phones during the election.
How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017
Searches regarding using two p’s in “tap” surged a whopping 46,300% according to the site.
After Trump called Senator Bob Corker “liddle” in a tweet — searches jumped 4,900%.
The Failing @nytimes set Liddle' Bob Corker up by recording his conversation. Was made to sound a fool, and that's what I am dealing with!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 10, 2017
And searches for the word “honered” — spelled with only one “o” — increased by 3,850% after a spelling flub by the president.
Other words that saw a spike in searches after POTUS tweeted them include the wrong version of “heeling” and a misspelling of “dying.”
