The most misspelled car brands revealed
Hundai, Wolksvagen or Telsa? Thank goodness for spellcheck!We all know that car brand and model names can be quite unique and challenging to say, let alone spell at the best of times. Not surprisingly, Hyundai has been given the title of the most commonly misspelled car brand, receiving 2,249,400 incorrect global online searches a month on average.
That’s according to the latest study by UK car insurance site Confused.com which analysed global search data that monitored the frequency of incorrect spelling for every brand and model selected for the research. For the study, a list of 33 car brands and 360 models were analysed against a global database to establish if that given brand name was misspelled when internet users searched for it online.
Top 10 most misspelled car brands in the world
Rank | Brand | Most common misspellings | Misspellings per month |
1 | Hyundai | Hundai, Hyndai | 2,249,400 |
2 | Volkswagen | Wolksvagen, Volkswagon | 1,156,700 |
3 | Porsche | Porche, Porshe | 1,011,000 |
4 | Toyota | Totota, Toyata | 824,600 |
5 | Peugeot | Peugot, Peigeot | 710,100 |
6 | Tesla | Telsa, Tesl | 539,600 |
7 | Mercedes | Mersedes, Mecedes | 489,500 |
8 | Bentley | Bently, Benteley | 341,900 |
9 | Suzuki | Susuki, Szuki | 317,900 |
10 | Bugatti | Buggati, Bugati | 205,300 |
Coming in at the top of the charts of the most commonly misspelled car brand is South Korean manufacturer Hyundai, with 2,249,400 monthly misspellings globally. Hyundai is most misinterpreted as Hundai which is how most Americans pronounce the brand name. Other frequent mistakes are Hyndai, Hyundia and Huyndai. In comparison, Kia, which is Hyundai’s sister brand, ties for the bottom position on the list recording less than 1,000 global misspellings a month.
Volkswagen is second with 1,156,700 misspellings a month worldwide. Wolksvagen is the predominant misspelling, with Volkswagon, Wolsvagen and Volkwagen also common. Porsche ranks third with 1,011,000 misspellings a month, a 12.6% decrease from Volkswagen.
Porche is the most frequent mistake being made at 735,000 searches a month with many searchers also typing in Porshe, Porsh or Porsch.
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