10 Most often the errors on the web. What did it out next to the “Jags” and “Złitzenia”?

We all make mistakes. Not every spelling or linguistic slip -up testifies to ignorance, sometimes simply staring or rush. However, it is worth paying attention to the spelling even when we only publish a comment on the internet. The promotion of the correct Polish is dealt with, among others, by the Mark Oyswerz.com, which together with the polszczyzna.pl website once again analyzed the language errors made by the users of the Polish Internet.

Here are the 10 most frequently made language errors on the Polish Internet in 2024

Prepared by researchers Based on the analysis of materials from all over 2024. This time the authors of the research not only caught mistakes, but also compared their occurrence with the correct forms. “Thanks to this, we can realistically assess the condition of the Polish language on the Internet, instead of focusing only on the number of errors. This approach allows you to see how often Internet users use correct forms in relation to the wrong, and thus gives a fuller picture of language awareness ” – we read in the summary.

The sum of analyzed in the study of the expressions that covered both correct and erroneous forms of words 245 551 914. Various online sources were used for the analysis, e.g. Facebook, YouTube, Tiktok, Wykop, Instagram, X, blogs, discussion forums, internet portals and reviews. In the summary of the research 10 words were awarded, which have the largest percentage of incorrect spelling in relation to the total number of use.

The leader of the ranking is an expression that does not exist in Polish, i.e. “Wemiara” or “what is not measure”. Almost half of the users who used the expression wrote it incorrectly. The correct form is “what a lot”. In second place, “incorrectly” appeared – the erroneous record was used in almost 36 percent. cases (the correct form is “by the way”). The podium closes, however, the word pocket, which is incorrectly (“hinging”) written in almost 32 percent. cases of use.

List of the most problematic words on the Polish Internet in 2024:

1. “Wemiara” / “which is not measure” (instead of “what a lot”)
2. “Note Bene” (instead of “incidentally”)
3. “Żygąg” (instead of “pitching”)
4. “apropos” / “a propo” (instead of “à à à ique”)
5. “not the best” (instead of “not the best”)
6. “thieves” (instead of “thieves”)
7. “Conco” / “what not what” (instead of “something”)
8. “Invitro” (instead of “in vitro”)
9. “certainly” (instead of “certainly”)
10. “opposite” / “na opposite” (instead of “opposite” / “opposite”)

Where are the most mistakes on the web?

The report shows that Poles are the greatest difficulties Total and separate spelling. Errors also result from suggesting a word in the pronunciation of a given word, Eg in the case of “thieves” instead of “thieves”. A separate situation is words rarely used in a letter, Eg “pitch”.

The surveyz.com and polszczyzna.pl report also presented the results of research on where the errors are made most often. In 2024, the most mistakes in the record of the expressions came from Facebook and X. On the other hand The most correct forms come from internet portals. “This suggests that the content on websites is published with greater care for linguistic correctness than posts and comments in social media” – we read in the summary of the research. We invite you to participate in the poll and commenting.