What is the origin of vowel substitutions, usually from e or i
to a? I often see this class of misspellings. All of the
examples below have been observed in the wild. Common to a:
definitely -> definately persistence -> persistance
compatibility -> compatability (see below for an example from a
scientific paper) dependent -> dependant existence -> existance
recommendation -> recommandation extent -> extant (depending on
context) tendency -> tendancy average -> avarage deterrent ->
deterrant (one-hit wonder?) occurence -> occurance reference ->
referance (one-hit wonder?) eliminate -> elimanate (one-hit
wonder?) accessibility -> accessability (one-hit wonder?)
efficient -> efficiant (one-hit wonder?) simpler -> simplar
promenent -> promenant privilege -> privilage inadvertently ->
inadvertantly turbulence -> turbulance consistency ->
consistancy infeasible -> infeasable (one-hit wonder?)
inherently -> inherantly difference -> differance (one-hit
wonder?) Other common (and less common) ones: than -> then (see
b