In a tweet posted the day after his inauguration in January, 2017, which was then swiftly deleted, the president repeated a gaffe seen during the campaign, when he announced he’d won a February debate and called it a “great honer.” The misspelling sent searches for both terms surging, with searches for “honered” climbing 3,850% over the previous week and searches for “honer” reflecting a slightly more modest 1,271% increase. “I am honered to serve you, the great American People, as your 45th President of the United States.” So, what kind of word mangling has created the most curiosity? Here’s a look at some of the president’s typos and the search trends that resulted. Although we can’t ascribe any one motive to every search for words misspelled by the president, the frequency with which we see links tweeted “at” the president’s Twitter profile in the wake of a presidential typo would indicate at least a portion of searchers are motivated by the latter.
Often, it’s a way to confirm a gut reaction or to provide a credible source to share with others who have doubt. Is what they’re seeing in front of them wrong? Or, are they misremembering the words they learned in grammar school? We know that people do not always search for words on because they don’t know the meaning or the spelling. Each misspelling sparks a surge in searches on site, specifically searches for that exact configuration of letters, as Americans attempt to spellcheck both the president and themselves. When we examined search data for misspelled words, comparing it to the dates of many of the president’s spelling gaffes, a pattern emerged. His Twitter typos are making Americans examine what they know about words and spelling. But, here at, we’ve seen that the president is not merely making grammarians cringe. Trump’s grammar gaffes often make headlines, from the now infamous “covfefe” (God bless you) to his inaugural “honer” of serving our country. With the advent of Twitter, and in particular our current president’s voracious appetite for sharing his every thought, there has come an ability for the world to evaluate something rarely put on display by politicians: their spelling.
When it comes to Twitter accounts, there are few that are as closely watched around the world as that of President Donald Trump.
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