| The word perfume is simple enough word and | | | | Yet another explanation - or excuse - for the |
| yet often misspelled by even otherwise perfectly | | | | repeated spelling errors that occur when writing |
| literate people. One explanation for this seemingly | | | | out this common word is the fact that many |
| confusing occurrence may be be that the origin of | | | | among us have become used to having a spell |
| the word is Latin. Not many of us are versed in | | | | check function catch our every mistake. When a |
| Latin nowadays and even innocent linguistic | | | | word looks like it may not be spelled correctly it's |
| derivatives such as the word perfume can cause | | | | often as simple as the click of a button for that |
| unintended confusion. | | | | word to self correct. Therefore when that option |
| Another problem in spelling the word perfume is | | | | is not available and tricky words need to be |
| that when sounded out phonetically 'purfume' is a | | | | spelled out with nothing but the writer's own |
| perfectly reasonable guess, as is 'purrfume' or | | | | judgment to catch an error, unfortunately those |
| 'perrfume.' Once various regional accents are | | | | errors are often uncaught. |
| factored in even more incorrect spelling options | | | | Whatever the reasons for them misspellings of |
| are added to the mix. It can be surprisingly easy | | | | the word persist. One hope for the future is that |
| for someone not used to seeing the word in print | | | | the cheap perfume industry continues to grow |
| to be left wondering what the true spelling is. Add | | | | and that celebrities continue to lend their names |
| foreign spellings to the mix and the confusion | | | | and faces in ever greater numbers to promoting |
| becomes complete. Eau de Perfum is the spelling | | | | these precious scents. As we all become more |
| commonly seen on French perfume bottles so for | | | | used to seeing the word on billboards, |
| well meaning American buyers trying to spell the | | | | commercials and print ads hopefully eventually the |
| word in English, 'parfume' seems like a perfectly | | | | correct spelling of the word will finally sink in. |
| rational spelling guess. | | | | |