The Top Misspelled Word In Tennessee Is...

"Chaos" came to English via French and Latin, though initially the word "khaos" was born in the Peloponnese. But to Tennesseans, it's all Greek to us, apparently.

In honor of the National Spelling Bee starting this week, Google compiled a list of the most misspelled word in each state and somehow a state that includes Athens, Sparta, Troy, Antioch, Corinth and the Athens of the South can't spell a Greek word, even one that gave its name to a beloved thrill ride at the gone but not forgotten Opryland USA theme park. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Tennessee Patch morning newsletter.)

Tennessee was the only state where "chaos" topped the chart. Our neighbors in Georgia struggled with "gray" and Kentucky has problems with "beautiful." "Angel" is a tough one for North Carolinians to figure out and "nanny" is a problem in Mississippi. Missourians are (apparently) always saying "Show me how to spell 'maintenance," and in Arkansas it's "chihuahua." Alabama has the same Greek trouble as Tennessee, stumbling through "pneumonia."

Here's the full list:

Alabama: pneumonia
Alaska: schedule
Arizona: tomorrow
Arkansas: chihuahua
California: beautiful
Colorado: tomorrow
Connecticut: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Delaware: hallelujah
Washington, D.C. : ninety
Florida: receipt
Georgia: gray
Hawaii: people
Idaho: quote
Illinois: pneumonia
Indiana: hallelujah
Iowa: vacuum
Kansas: diamond
Kentucky: beautiful
Louisiana: giraffe
Maine: pneumonia
Maryland: special
Massachusetts: license
Michigan: pneumonia
Minnesota: beautiful
Mississippi: nanny
Missouri: maintenance
Montana: surprise
Nebraska: suspicious
Nevada: available
New Hampshire: difficult
New Jersey: twelve
New Mexico: bananas
New York: beautiful
North Carolina: angel
North Dakota: dilemma
Ohio: beautiful
Oklahoma: patient
Oregon: sense
Pennsylvania: sauerkraut
Rhode Island: liar
South Carolina: chihuahua
South Dakota: college
Tennessee: chaos
Texas: maintenance
Utah: disease
Vermont: Europe
Virginia: delicious
Washington: pneumonia
West Virginia: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Wisconsin: tomorrow
Wyoming: priority