Spellcheck, Anyone?

For those of you who don't know, I'm kind of a grammar and spelling nerd. I absolutely love them, so much that one of my favorite books is a grammar book (but a NY Times best-seller, not a textbook) and when I came to college I actually missed entering spelling bees every year. So I tend to get really peeved when people mess them up. Grammar's sort of understandable, because if you think about it too much, the English language makes absolutely no sense. Learn the basics and I'll forgive you for screwing the technical stuff up. And spelling is part of that nonsensical English.

BUT! There is a thing called a dictionary. For the ones who are glued to their computer screens/iPhones/Blackberries, there is a site called dictionary.com. They're both simple ways to learn how to spell some oft-tricky words. but there are some words that people just, apparently, think are spelled one way because many others misspell them all the time, making it seem like the correct spelling. Or Spellcheck changes it for you, so you don't know you got it wrong, and when you use it somewhere else that doesn't have the magic dictionary it looks dumb. So I get really ticked off when people misspell two words (well, lots of words, but these especially): desperate and definitely. Why do people think an extra a should make an appearance in either of these words? Desparate, definately. It just looks wrong. Can't you, O misguided, dictionary-lacking person, see that? Nope, apparently not. You just go on your merry little way, thinking you should have made it past the second round in your fourth grade spelling bee because you're still convinced the word dolphin has two ls.

Is there a list of the most commonly misspelled words? That doesn't include homonyms and the like (stationery/stationary, their/there/they're, etc.), but words that people just can't get right? I desperately think those should definitely be on the top of the list. So please, if you think you make these innocent mistakes, fix it. For the love of our bizarre English language, at least get these words right.