The biggest spelling question residents of Washington, D.C. have is how to spell “croissant,” according to a Google list of search queries released on Thursday.
Google mapped out the most common spelling requests for all 50 states and included the District of Columbia, and released on the same day as the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
It’s the #spellingbee finals! These are the top “how to spell” searches for words by state, mapped #dataviz pic.twitter.com/rjXllJfOoE
— GoogleTrends (@GoogleTrends) May 26, 2016
The overwhelming concern over how to spell the French flaky pastry could reflect the city’s cosmopolitan culinary culture, which Vanity Fair claims has emerged in the past decade in response to federal government-driven economic growth and an influx of “young, educated professionals with disposable income looking for places to eat.” The area has developed a reputation as one of the wealthiest and expensive areas in the country.
The Google graphic shows the residents of other states want to make sure they are using words like “appreciate,” “neighbor” and “courtesy” correctly. Despite living in a largely arid region, California residents stumbled over the word “desert” while those from Massachusetts tripped up over the name of their own state.
