See also: Wookieepedia:List of common misspellings

Wookieepedia! It's a vibrant and ever-changing community. Edits and expansions are made all the time, but with edits come spelling errors. Call it laziness, call it ignorance, call it typing too fast, or blame it on the keyboard, there are thousands of typos hidden in Wookieepedia articles. Typos are simple mistakes and perfectly understandable, but they make a product seem unprofessional, even a web-based product like ours. Thus...

The Great Typo HuntEdit

First begun in October 2006, the Typo Hunt seeks to eradicate the most common spelling mistakes and keep track of the ones that recur most frequently, so that we might guard against them in the future.

How to participate in the Great Typo HuntEdit

Check the list of typos, which is sortable alphabetically by typo or by date last checked. Simply use the search function and see what articles appear. If the typo does not appear, that means we're safe. Change the "Last updated" to the current date (in the form provided, YYYY/MM/DD). If the typo does appear, make the appropriate changes, and once all of them have been corrected, update the "Last updated" tab.

Keep in mind that certain typos will always appear, some of them because articles have intentional misspellings quoted directly from source material, or because the articles themselves discuss typos, some of them because the typo appears in the filename of a picture that someone uploaded. (In fact, feel free to re-upload these pictures with the properly spelled filenames if you have time.) So be careful not to change the typo unless it is clear the mistake was made either unintentionally or through ignorance. If you find a questionable instance, you can add a note about it in the "Notes" tab.

Also, while searching for typos, scan the entire article. The presence of one typo often indicates the presence of many. Keep track of the new typos you find, and if they aren't already in the Great Typo Hunt list, add them at the bottom of the table, using the format provided. (If you don't feel comfortable editing the table yourself, go to the Talk page and list your new typos there, along with the date last checked.)

Wookieepedia uses preferred American spellings whenever possible. Be careful when changing British spellings: quoted source material is not to be changed. British spellings are not to be marked with a [sic]. That would be silly. There is no way to mark a British spelling as proper within its context in an article, so you will need to examine the context in each search. Questionable instances may brought up in the Talk page.

The original Great Typo Hunt forum post has been archived here. Some spelling issues were discussed in the Comments section.

Sortable list of typosEdit

Typo	Correct form	Last updated	Notes
abandonned	abandoned	2011/07/23
abilites	abilities	2011/07/23
abilty	ability	2011/07/23
abolishment	abolition	2011/07/23
acadamy	academy	2011/10/22
accidentaly	accidentally	2010/02/04
accidently	accidentally	2010/07/13
accomodate	accommodate	2010/07/13
accomodation	accommodation	2010/07/13
accomodations	accommodations	2010/07/13
accross	across	2010/02/04
activites	activities	2012/02/27
adherance	adherence	2010/02/04
agaisnt	against	2010/06/28
aggresive	aggressive	2012/05/01
agianst	against	2010/06/28
aginst	against	2010/06/28
agression	aggression	2012/05/01
agressive	aggressive	2012/05/01
agressively	aggressively	2012/05/01
agressor	aggressor	2011/02/01
agressors	aggressors	2011/02/01
alchoholic	alcoholic	2010/06/28
Aldeeran	Alderaan	2010/06/28
aliance	alliance	2010/07/13
alledged	alleged	2010/07/13
alligned	aligned	2010/07/13
allready	already	2010/06/28
allthough	although	2010/07/13
alltogether	altogether	2010/07/13
alot	a lot or allot	2010/06/28
althought	although	2009/08/02
amoung	among	2010/07/12
annouced	announced	2012/02/27
aparatus	apparatus	2009/08/02
apearances	appearances	2011/04/29
apparantly	apparently	2009/08/02
appearences	appearances	2012/02/27
apperances	appearances	2012/02/27
aquire	acquire	2012/02/27
aquired	acquired	2012/02/27
aquiring	acquiring	2012/02/27
armour	armor	2009/08/02	American spelling "Armour" is a redirect; use this link to search
armouring	armoring	2009/08/02	American spelling
armourless	armorless	2009/08/02	American spelling
armours	armors	2010/07/12	American spelling
armoury	armory	2009/08/02	American spelling
artifical	artificial	2010/07/12
artillary	artillery	2009/08/02
assasain	assassin	2010/07/11
assasin	assassin	2010/07/11	"Assasin" is a redirect; use this link to search
assasination	assassination	2010/07/11
assasinating	assassinating	2010/07/11
assasinated	assassinated	2010/07/11
assasinate	assassinate	2010/07/11
assasins	assassins	2010/07/11	"Assasins" is a redirect; use this link to search
assassain	assassin	2010/07/11
assassaination	assassination	2010/07/11
assigment	assignment	2010/03/03
assinment	assignment	2010/03/03
assualt	assault	2010/07/11
attemped	attempted	2010/07/11
auxillary	auxiliary	2011/02/28
availible	available	2011/02/28
awakeining	awakening	2011/02/28
batalion	battalion	2010/07/13
batallion	battalion	2010/07/13
battallion	battalion	2010/07/13
becuase	because	2011/03/01
begining	beginning	2011/03/01
beleive	believe	2011/02/28
beleived	believed	2011/02/28
belived	believed	2011/03/23
beseiged	besieged	2011/03/23
betwen	between	2011/03/23
bizzare	bizarre	2011/03/23
bodygaurd	bodyguard	2011/03/23
bodygaurds	bodyguards	2011/03/23
Boussh	Boushh	2009/10/29	Link Even official sources can't keep this one straight
breif	brief	2011/03/23
buisness	business	2010/07/11
bureacracy	bureaucracy	2010/07/12
C-3P0	C-3PO	2012/02/27	"C-3P0" is a redirect; use this link to search
camoflage	camouflage	2010/07/12
camoflauge	camouflage	2010/07/12
captial	capital	2010/07/12
catched	caught	2011/03/25
centre	center	2010/07/12	American spelling, OK if quoting source material
centred	centered	2010/07/12	American spelling
centres	centers	2010/07/12	American spelling
centring	centering	2010/07/12	American spelling
charasmatic	charismatic	2011/03/25
cheif	chief	2011/03/25
civilisation	civilization	2011/08/26	American spelling
civillian	civilian	2010/07/12
civillians	civilians	2010/07/12
colour	color	2011/08/26	American spelling
coloured	colored	2011/08/26	American spelling
colouring	coloring	2011/08/26	American spelling
colours	colors	2011/08/26	American spelling
comissioned	commissioned	2010/07/12
comitted	committed	2010/07/12
commisioned	commissioned	2010/07/12
commited	committed	2010/07/12
commlink	comlink	2011/06/07	Preferred Star Wars spelling "Link"
commmand	command	2011/04/21
completly	completely	2011/04/21
concieve	conceive	2011/02/28
concieved	conceived	2011/02/28
conjuction	conjunction	2011/06/07
conotations	connotations	2011/06/07
continous	continuous	2011/06/07
controled	controlled	2011/06/07
controling	controlling	2011/06/07
correlian	Corellian	2011/02/28
cought	caught	2011/08/26
councillor	councilor	2011/08/26	"Councillor" is a redirect; use this link to search
counsellor	counselor	2009/02/23	American spelling
crafts	craft	2011/02/28	Plural has no S, unless talking about arts and crafts
crashland	crash-land	2009/02/23
crashlanded	crash-landed	2009/02/23
crashlanding	crash landing or crash-landing	2009/02/23	"Crash-landing" for verb, "crash landing" for noun
crashlands	crash-lands	2009/02/23
creatues	creatures	2010/07/12
crusier	cruiser	2010/07/12
curiousity	curiosity	2009/02/23
darkside	dark side	2009/03/15	"Darkside" is a redirect; use this link to search
decieve	deceive	2010/07/12
decieved	deceived	2010/07/12
defence	defense	2010/07/12	American spelling
defences	defenses	2010/07/12	American spelling
definately	definitely	2009/03/15
dependant	dependent	2009/03/15
desparate	desperate	2010/07/12
desparately	desperately	2010/07/12
destory	destroy	2009/03/15
develope	develop	2009/03/15
devestated	devastated	2010/07/11
devestating	devastating	2009/03/15
devestation	devastation	2010/07/11
dextrous	dexterous	2009/03/15
diarmed	disarmed	2009/03/15
disasterous	disastrous	2010/07/12
duelled	dueled	2010/07/12
duelling	dueling	2010/07/12
eachother	each other	2010/07/12
embarass	embarrass	2009/03/15
embarassed	embarrassed	2009/03/15
embarassing	embarrassing	2009/03/15
embarassment	embarrassment	2009/03/15
embued	imbued	2009/03/15
emited	emitted	2009/03/15
emnity	enmity	2010/07/12
emporer	emperor	2009/03/15	"Emporer" is a redirect; use this link to search
engeneering	engineering	2009/03/15
enroute	en route	2010/07/13
enviroment	environment	2009/03/15
enviroments	environments	2009/03/15
equiped	equipped	2009/03/15
excercise	exercise	2009/03/15
excercises	excercises	2009/03/15
excecuter	executor	2009/03/15
exept	except	2010/07/12
existance	existence	2009/03/15
extremly	extremely	2009/03/15
familes	families	2009/08/25
faught	fought	2010/07/12
favour	favor	2010/07/13	American spelling
favours	favors	2010/07/13	American spelling
feild	field	2010/03/01
fiance	fiancé or fiancée	2009/04/14	Fiancé for male, fiancée for female, usually fiancée is intended
fledgeling	fledgling	2010/03/01
forsaw	foresaw	2010/03/01
forsee	foresee	2010/07/11
forseen	foreseen	2009/07/13	Do not correct if already marked [sic]
fortunatly	fortunately	2009/08/27
frieghter	freighter	2010/03/01
frieghters	freighters	2010/03/01
frustated	frustrated	2010/03/01
fufill	fulfill	2010/07/13
fufilled	fulfilled	2010/07/13
fulfil	fulfill	2010/07/13
fullfill	fulfill	2010/07/13
galatic	galactic	2010/07/13
gaurd	guard	2010/03/01
gaurded	guarded	2010/03/03
gaurding	guarding	2010/03/03
gaurds	guards	2010/03/03
goverment	government	2010/07/13
goverments	governments	2010/07/13
grandaughter	granddaughter	2010/05/05
grap	grab	2010/03/03
grapped	grabbed	2010/03/03
graps	grabs	2010/03/03
greivous	grievous	2011/06/07
gruelling	grueling	2010/03/01
harbour	harbor	2010/05/05	American spelling
harboured	harbored	2010/05/05	American spelling ((Except "Harboured on Hoth"))
harbouring	harboring	2010/05/05	American spelling
harbours	harbors	2010/05/05	American spelling
harrass	harass	2010/07/12
harrassed	harassed	2010/07/12
harrassing	harassing	2010/07/12
harrasses	harasses	2010/07/12
headquaters	headquarters	2009/09/03
heros	heroes	2010/05/05
hierachy	hierarchy	2009/04/05
homeplanet	home planet	2010/07/13
honour	honor	2010/07/13	American spelling
human	Human	0000/00/00
illegaly	illegally	2010/03/03
Illum	Ilum	2010/07/13
immediatly	immediately	2010/07/12
immediatley	immediately	2010/07/12
immitate	imitate	2010/03/03
immitated	imitated	2010/03/03
immitating	imitating	2010/03/03
inaccessable	inaccessible	2010/03/03
inadvertant	inadvertent	2010/03/01
inadvertantly	inadvertently	2010/03/01
inbetween	in between	2010/07/13
indefinately	indefinitely	2010/03/03
indepedent	independent	2010/03/03
independant	independent	2010/03/03
independantly	independently	2010/03/03
infact	in fact	2010/03/03
infared	infrared	2010/03/03
infarred	infrared	2010/03/03
infermary	infirmary	2010/03/03
infiltrater	infiltrator	2010/03/03
inflitrate	infiltrate	2010/07/13
inflitrated	infiltrated	2010/07/13
inflitrater	infiltrator	2010/07/13
inflitrator	infiltrator	2010/07/13
infomation	information	2009/04/14
infrarred	infrared	2011/10/22
infront	in front	2011/10/22
inhabitated	inhabited	2011/10/22
iniative	initiative	2011/10/22
inital	initial	2010/07/12
initally	initially	2010/07/12
invovled	involved	2011/10/22
Januray	January
judgement	judgment	2009/04/14	American spelling, OK if quoting source material
kilometre	kilometer	2010/07/12	American spelling
kilometres	kilometers	2010/07/12	American spelling
labelled	labeled	2009/04/14
langauge	language	2009/04/14
langauges	languages	2009/04/14
layed	lay or laid	2009/08/25	Lay = past tense of "to lie" (rest), laid = past tense of "to lay" (put down)
lept	leapt	2010/07/12
letal	lethal	2010/07/12
liason	liaison	2009/08/25
maintainance	maintenance	2011/02/28
manafactured	manufactured	2009/04/14
manoeuvrability	maneuverability	2010/07/13	American spelling
manoeuvre	maneuver	2010/07/13	American spelling
manoeuvred	maneuvered	2010/07/13	American spelling
manoeuvres	maneuvers	2010/07/13	American spelling
manoeuvring	maneuvering	2010/07/13	American spelling
manuever	maneuver	2010/07/13
manueverability	maneuverability	2010/07/13
manueverable	maneuverable	2010/07/13
manuevered	maneuvered	2010/07/13
manuevering	maneuvering	2010/07/13
manuevers	maneuvers	2010/07/13
manuevrability	maneuverability	2010/07/13
manufacter	manufacturer	2009/04/14
manuver	maneuver	2010/07/12
manuverability	maneuverability	2010/07/12
manuverable	maneuverable	2010/07/12
manuvered	maneuvered	2010/07/13
manuveres	maneuvers	2010/07/13
manuvering	maneuvering	2010/07/13
martialled	martialed	2009/04/14	Most often found in "court-martialed"
matriarchial	matriarchal	2009/04/14
memebers	members	2009/04/14
mercanaries	mercenaries	2010/07/12
mercanary	mercenary	2010/07/12
metalic	metallic	2009/04/14
metre	meter	2010/07/12	American spelling
metres	meters	2010/07/12	American spelling
milita	militia	2010/07/12
millenia	millennia	2010/07/12	Do not correct if already marked [sic]
millenium	millennium	2010/07/12	Do not correct if already marked [sic]
militiary	military	2010/03/03
miltary	military	2010/03/03
miscellania	miscellanea	2009/08/25
missle	missile	2011/10/22
missles	missiles	2011/10/22
moreso	more so	2010/03/03
mucous	mucus	2010/03/03	Do not change in phrase "mucous membrane" or if used as an adjective
neccessary	necessary	2009/08/25
neighbour	neighbor	2010/07/13	American spelling
neighbouring	neighboring	2010/07/13	American spelling
neighbours	neighbors	2010/07/13	American spelling
noteable	notable	2010/03/01
noticable	noticeable	2010/03/01
noticably	noticeably	2010/03/01
occassion	occasion	2010/03/03
occassionally	occasionally	2010/03/03
occassions	occasions	2010/03/03
occured	occurred	2010/03/16
occurence	occurrence	2010/03/16
occurences	occurrences	2010/03/16
occuring	occurring	2009/08/25
offical	official	2010/03/16
offically	officially	2010/03/16
officals	officials	2010/03/16
oponent	opponents	2010/03/03
oponents	opponents	2010/03/03
oppurtunity	opportunity	2010/03/03
orbitted	orbited	2010/03/16
orbitting	orbiting	2010/03/16
organisation	organization	2010/07/13	American spelling
organisations	organizations	2010/07/13	American spelling
orginally	originally	2010/07/12
oribit	orbit	2010/07/13
oribited	orbited	2010/07/13
oribiting	orbiting	2010/07/13
particuarly	particularly	2009/08/25
particpate	participate	2010/07/13
particpated	participated	2010/07/13
particpates	participates	2010/07/13
passanger	passenger	2010/03/03
passangers	passengers	2010/03/03
paticular	particular	2009/08/27
patroled	patrolled	2009/08/27
patroling	patrolling	2009/08/27
payed	paid	2010/05/06
percieve	perceive	2010/07/13
percieved	perceived	2010/07/13
perimiter	perimeter	2010/07/12
persistant	persistent	2010/07/11
personel	personnel	2010/07/13
personnal	personal	2010/07/12
persue	pursue	2010/07/11
persued	pursued	2010/07/11
persuing	pursuing	2010/07/01
plantlife	plant life	2010/07/13
posessed	possessed	2010/07/13
posesses	possesses	2010/07/13
posession	possession	2010/07/13
posessions	possessions	2010/07/13
posses	possess	2009/11/24	Check context to make sure word is not plural of "posse"
possesed	possessed	2010/03/01
possesion	possession	2010/03/01
possesions	possessions	2010/03/01
possibile	possible	2010/03/03
practise	practice	2010/07/11	American spelling
practised	practiced	2010/07/11	American spelling
predecesor	predecessor	2010/03/03
predecesors	predecessors	2010/03/03
prefered	preferred	2009/11/24
preperation	preparation	2010/03/03
preperations	preparations	2010/03/03
prescence	presence	2010/03/03
presense	presence	2010/03/03
pretence	pretense	2010/03/03
primarly	primarily	2010/03/03
proceded	proceeded	2010/07/13
propoganda	propaganda	2010/03/03
publically	publicly	2009/08/25
R22-D2	R2-D2	2010/03/03
realise	realize	2010/07/13	American spelling
realised	realized	2010/07/13	American spelling
realises	realizes	2010/07/13	American spelling
realising	realizing	2010/07/13	American spelling
recieve	receive	2010/07/13
recieved	received	2010/07/13	Reappears very frequently
reciever	receiver	2010/07/13
recievers	receivers	2010/07/13
recieves	receives	2010/07/13
recieving	receiving	2010/07/13
recognise	recognize	2010/07/13	American spelling
recognised	recognized	2010/07/13	American spelling
recognises	recognizes	2010/07/13	American spelling
recognising	recognizing	2010/07/13	American spelling
reconaissance	reconnaissance	2012/05/01
reconnaisance	reconnaissance	2012/05/01
refered	referred	2009/06/20
refering	referring	2010/02/15
reknowned	renowned	2010/07/12
reminicent	reminiscent	2010/02/15
rendevous	rendezvous	2010/07/11
renowed	renowned	2010/03/03
reponse	response	2010/03/03
reponsibiliy	responsibility	2010/03/03
reponsible	responsible	2010/03/03
reptillian	reptilian	2010/07/13
republc	republic	2010/07/13
resemblence	resemblance	2009/08/27
resistence	resistance	2009/08/30
responsable	responsible	2010/02/15
resuce	rescue	2009/08/27
revelled	reveled	2010/03/17	One L is the preferred American spelling
rumour	rumor	2010/07/13	American spelling
rumoured	rumored	2010/07/13	American spelling
rumours	rumors	2010/07/13	American spelling
sabaac	sabacc	2010/07/13
sabatoge	sabotage	2010/07/13
sabatoged	sabotaged	2010/07/13
sacrelige	sacrilege	2010/03/03
scences	scenes, senses	2010/03/17	Could be "senses," but this is almost always a misspelling of "behind the scenes
seeked	sought	2011/02/28
seige	siege	2010/07/13	Do not correct if already marked [sic]
seiges	sieges	2010/03/03
seperate	separate	2010/07/13
seperated	separated	2010/07/13
seperately	separately	2010/07/13
seperates	separates	2010/07/13
seperating	separating	2009/09/15
seperation	separation	2009/09/15
seperatist	separatist	2010/07/12	"Seperatist" is a redirect; use this link to search
seperatists	separatists	2010/07/12	"Seperatists" is a redirect; use this link to search
severly	severely	2009/08/27
shortlived	short-lived	2009/08/30
sieze	seize	2010/07/13
siezed	seized	2010/07/13
siezing	seizing	2010/07/13
similiar	similar	2009/08/27
solider	soldier	2010/03/01	Check context: could also be "solder" or "solid"
soliders	soldiers	2010/03/01	Check context: could also be "solders" or "solids"
souces	sources	2010/03/03
speach	speech	2009/08/30
specialised	specialized	2010/03/01	American spelling
specialisation	specialization	2010/03/01	American spelling
submited	submitted	2009/09/03
subsidary	subsidiary	2009/08/25
succeded	succeded	2010/07/13
succes	success	2010/03/03
succesful	successful	2010/07/13
succesfully	successfully	2010/07/13
suceed	succeed	2010/03/03
suceeded	succeeded	2010/03/03
suceeding	succeeding	2010/07/13
sucess	success	2010/03/01
sucessful	successful	2010/03/01
sucessfully	successfully	2010/03/01
sucessor	successor	2010/03/01
sufferred	suffered	2010/03/17
sufficent	sufficient	2010/03/03
sufficently	sufficiently	2010/03/03
supress	suppress	2010/03/03
suprise	surprise	2010/03/03
suprised	surprised	2010/03/03
suprising	surprising	2010/03/03
surrended	surrendered	2010/03/17
surveillence	surveillance	2010/03/03
sympathiser	sympathizer	2010/07/13	American spelling
sytem	system	2010/07/13
sytems	systems	2010/07/13
targetted	targeted	2010/03/16
targetting	targeting	2010/03/16
taskforce	task force	2009/08/25	Two-word form preferred, unless source material
tempermental	temperamental	2010/03/17
tendancies	tendencies	2010/03/17
tendancy	tendency	2010/03/17
terrestial	terrestrial	2010/07/13
terrorise	terrorize	2010/07/11	American spelling
terrorised	terrorized	2010/07/11	American spelling
terrorising	terrorizing	2010/07/11	American spelling
theif	thief	2010/03/17
theives	thieves	2010/07/13
themself	themselves or himself	2010/07/13
thier	their	2010/07/13
thoughout	throughout	2009/09/03
thracken	Thrackan	2010/03/17	Thrackan Sal-Solo: Do not correct if already marked [sic]
threatend	threatened	2010/03/17
throught	through, thought	2010/03/17	Check context to correct with "through" or "thought"
thrusted	thrust	2010/03/16
topedos	torpedoes	2010/05/05
tranceiver	transceiver	2010/07/13
transciever	transceiver	2010/07/13
transfered	transferred	2010/05/05
transfering	transferring	2010/05/05
transmited	transmitted	2010/05/06
transporation	transportation	2010/06/28
travelled	traveled	2010/03/03	Preferred American spelling
traveller	traveler	2010/03/03	Preferred American spelling, unless source material or brand name ((see Traveller's Tales))
travellers	travelers	2010/03/03	Preferred American spelling
travelling	traveling	2010/03/03	Preferred American spelling, unless source material ((see Travelling Jindas))
tyrrany	tyranny	2010/02/18
uknown	unknown	2010/07/13
unbeknowest	unbeknownst	2010/02/18
unbeknowst	unbeknownst	2010/02/18
unconcious	unconscious	2010/07/13
unforseen	unforeseen	2010/07/13
unfortunatly	unforunately	2010/02/18
unkown	unknown	2010/07/13
unoffical	unofficial	2010/07/13
unsuccesful	unsuccessful	2010/07/13
unwieldly	unwieldy	2010/02/18
usally	usually	2010/02/18
vaccum	vacuum	2010/02/18
villian	villain	2010/03/01	"Villian" is a redirect; use this link to search (do not change Villian Dance)
vincinity	vicinity	2010/02/18
wartorn	war-torn	2009/08/27
weaponary	weaponry	2010/07/11
weild	wield	2010/07/13
weilded	wielded	2010/07/13
weilder	wielder	2010/07/13
weilding	wielding	2010/07/13
weilds	wields	2010/07/13
Wessel	Zam Wesell	2010/05/05	"Wessel" Only correct if referring to Zam Wesell
Wessell	Zam Wesell	2010/05/05
wherabouts	whereabouts	2010/05/05
whilst	while	2010/07/13	Preferred American usage
withdrawl	withdrawal	2010/06/28
wookie	Wookiee	2010/07/13	Link Do not correct if already marked [sic] or discussing the spelling or THX 1138
wookies	Wookiees	2010/07/13	Link Do not correct if already marked [sic] or discussing the spelling or THX 1138