The top ‘how to spell’ searches in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware

Maybe it's time for Pennsylvanians to schedule some spelling practice.

Google Trends recently released a map breaking down this year's most-misspelled words in each state, and Pennsylvania's top slip-up may have something to do with time management skills — or lack thereof.

Pennsylvania's top spelling search in 2018 was for schedule, while New Jersey couldn't get resume and Delaware had a difficult time with decision. Google Trends based its data on the top-searched "how to spell" word in each state between May 1, 2017, and May 1, 2018.

Pennsylvania wasn't alone with its most-difficult word — schedule came in as Tennessee's most-misspelled word, too, while both New York and Colorado joined New Jersey with  resume troubles. Google Trends did not indicate whether those seeking the spelling for resume were looking for the verb (begin to do or pursue something again after a pause or interruption) or in its unaccented form as a noun (a summary of employment history). (The Inquirer and Daily News spell that noun as resumé.)

Beautiful was the top spelling search in the nation.

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It's perhaps better than last year's results, when Pennsylvanians apparently couldn't spell sauerkraut despite the state's heavy Dutch and German roots. New Jersey residents couldn't spell twelve in 2017.

Google Trends' release of the top spelling searches came the week of the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals, which were held in Maryland on Thursday night. Think schedule is tough? Try  koinonia — the word that won 14-year-old Karthik Nemmani of Texas the title of top speller out of 515 contestants at this year's competition. Two local students reached the finals, with Phoebe Smith, a seventh grader at Northley Middle School in Aston, finishing in 11th place and Shruthika Padhy, a seventh grader at Rosa International Middle School in Cherry Hill, ending up in 12th.

Koinonia, by the way, describes a Christian fellowship or communion.