WoWWiki:List of common misspellings
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Below is a list of common misspellings on WoWWiki. When checking for misspellings, please ensure the word is not intentionally misspelled before fixing it.
See also Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings on Wikipedia.
The misspellings
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- Acherus: Archerus
- Adamantite: ...don't get me started.
- Aggro: Agro, Argo
- Ahn'Qiraj: Anh'Qiraj, Anh'Quiraj, Ahn'Quiraj
- Alliance: Allience
- Arcatraz: Alcatraz
- Aspect of the Pack (AKA 'Pack'): Aspect of the Pact
- Attumen the Huntsman: Attunement, Attunemen
- Balance: Balence
- Bestial Wrath: Beastial Wrath
- Blackfathom Deeps: Black Fathom Deeps, Blackfathom Depths, Black Fathom Depths
- Blackrock Depths: Black Rock Depths, Blackrock Deeps, Black Rock Deeps
- Burning Steppes: Burning Steps, Burning Steeps
- Capital: Capitol
- A capitol is a building that houses a legislative assembly, not a city.
- Cenarion: Cenarian
- Coilfang: Coifang
- Consecrate: Consencrate, Concentrate, Concecrate
- Darnassus: Darnasus
- Draenei: Dranei, Draenie, Draenai
- Deceiver: Deciever
- Kil'jaeden the Deceiver hates it when you don't spell his title right.
- Drakkisath: Drekkisath
- Durnholde: Durnhold
- Dwarves: Dwarfs
- According to the American Heritage Dictionary "Dwarves" and "Dwarfs" are both proper pluralizations of "Dwarf".
- Exalted: Exhalted, Exaulted
- Exodar: Exador, Exedar
- Elves: Elfs
- Felhunter: Felhound (people usually confuse the two)
- Feral: Ferel
- Feralas: Fearalas, Ferals
- Flamegor: Flamegore
- Frost (mage specialization/talent tree): Ice, Water
- Gnomeregan: Gnomergan, Gnomeragan, Gnomeragon
- Gruul : Grull
- eg. Grull's Lair, Grull the Dragonkiller
- Gryphon: Griffon
- Highborne: Highbourne, Highborn
- Highborn is the proper spelling in English; the standard Warcraft spelling is highborne, though this makes little sense since 'borne' usually means 'held up or supported' whereas 'born' usually indicates origin or birth. So highborn means high-birth and highborne means high-supported. It might work with some crazy logic.
- Hippogryph: Hypogryph, Hyppogryph, Hippogriff
- Horde: Hord
- Infernal: Infernel
- Kael'thas: Keal'thas
- Karazhan : Kharazan, Karazahn, Karazan
- Khan: Kahn
- Blizzard themselves have made this mistake. Kolk <The First Kahn>(sic) drops a Gem of the First Khan.
- Mankrik: Mankirk
- Maraudon: Maruadon, Mauradon
- Menethil: Menithil, Minithil, Menthil, Manethil
- Misspelling: Mispelling
- Ironic isn't it?
- Notable : Noteable
- Nijel's Point : Nigel's Point
- Ogri'la: Ogila, Ogrilla
- Orgrimmar: Orgrimar, Ogrimar, Ogrimmar
- Outland: Outlands
- Paladin: Paladan, Palladan, Palidan
- Pandaren: Pandaran
- Qiraji: Quiraj, Quiraji
- Quilboar: Quillboar
- Razorfen Kraul: Razorfen Krall, Razorfen Crawl
- Refuge Pointe: Refuge Point
- Rogue: Rouge
- Rouge means red in French or a type of makeup usually applied to the cheeks in English.
- Scholomance: Scholomanse, Scolomance
- Shaman: Shamen
- The plural of shaman is shamans. See Shaman Spelling.
- Shattrath City: Sharttrah City, Shattrah City
- Silithus: Sithilus, Silthus
- Steamvault: Steamvaults
- Stockade: Stockades
- A Stockade is a prison, in this case, pluralizing it means that you would have more than one prison.
- Tarren Mill: Mill Tauren Mill
- Tarren Mill was introduced in Warcraft II, long before the tauren became part of the lore. There are also barely any tauren at Tarren Mill.
- Taurahe: Taurish
- Tauren: Taurens
- Teldrassil: Teldrasil
- Terokkar Forest: Terrokar Forest
- Uldaman: Ulduman, Uldamen
- Uldum: Uldam
- Ventrilo: Ventrillo
- Wailing Caverns: Wailing Caves
- Warrior : Worrior
