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title: Britney Spears spellings
date: "2003-05-22T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 902
description: I explored Google's list of 591 different spellings for "Britney Spears" found in search logs. It is a fascinating look at how the search engine maps diverse user typos back to a single popular entity.
keywords: [google search, britney spears, misspellings, search intent, linguistics, query analysis]
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[The 591 spellings of Britney Spears](http://www.google.com/jobs/britney.html) on Google searches. What's also interesting is to read the [sites that have linked to the mis-spellings](http://www.google.com/search?safe=off&q=link:cbBxmyw_vXsJ:www.google.com/jobs/britney.html).