Breakthroughs in Autocorrect
83 Ways to
Not Spell Shane
Not Spell Shane
A living document of defeat
Five letters. One syllable. And yet I have logged eighty-three unique failed attempts at typing my own name. Every single one of these is a real typo I made enough times that I gave up and added it to autocorrect.
Unique misspellings logged to date
83
S/haneShane
S/hanesShane
SabneShane
SaeneShane
SaheShane
SahemShane
SahenShane
SahensShane
sahneShane
SahnewShane
SaneShane
SanemShane
SanmeShane
SanneShane
SannemShane
SannmeShane
SanseShane
SbaeShane
SbaneShane
SbanseShane
SehanShane
ShabneShane
ShaeShane
ShaejShane
ShaemShane
ShaenShane
ShaeneShane
shaesShane
ShaesShane
ShaheShane
ShajeShane
ShanbeShane
ShaneeShane
ShanemShane
ShanesShane
ShanewShane
ShanmeShane
ShanneShane
ShannmeShane
ShannemShane
ShanrShane
ShanseShane
ShansemShane
ShaseShane
ShasenShane
ShasneShane
ShbaesShane
ShbaneShane
SheanShane
SheaneShane
ShenaShane
ShenaeShane
ShhaneShane
ShjaneShane
ShjanemShane
ShjasenShane
ShnaShane
ShnaeShane
ShnaneShane
ShnanemShane
ShnanesShane
ShnanmeShane
ShneShane
ShsaneShane
ShznmeShane
SjaemShane
SjahneShane
SjameShane
SjamneShane
SjaneShane
SjanmeShane
SjhameShane
SjhaneShane
SjhanmeShane
SjnaeShane
SnaeShane
SnaemShane
SnameShane
SnaneShane
SnanemShane
SnanmeShane
SneShane
wshaneShane
The Forensics
- Overshooting N → M — 20% (17) Shannme, Sannme, Shanem
- J for H (adjacent key) — 18% (15) Sjhane, Sjamne, Sjaem
- Unclassifiable chaos — 14% (12) Shznme, Shhane, Sehan
- H dropped entirely — 10% (8) Sane, Snae, Sne
- B for N (adjacent key) — 10% (8) Sbane, Shabne, Shbane
- H and A swapped — 6% (5) sahne, Sahen, Sahe
- A and N swapped — 5% (4) Shnae, Shna, Shnane
- Trailing S after A — 5% (4) Shaes, Shanes, Shanse
- N dropped entirely — 4% (3) Shae, Shahe, Shase
- N and E swapped — 2% (2) Shaen, Shaene
- Accidental slash — 2% (2) S/hane, S/hanes
- Trailing W after E — 1% (1) Shanew
- Double N — 1% (1) Shanne
- Wrong start key — 1% (1) wshane
Five letters. Two hands. Zero consistency. The data suggests I may not actually know how to spell my own name, and at this point, autocorrect is doing more parenting than typing assistance.
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