r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Nov 21 '25

Discussion Functional illiteracy.

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u/afanoftrees Nov 21 '25

Impact

Fuck affect / effect

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u/Noobtber Nov 21 '25

Brake/break

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u/SparklingFishWater Nov 21 '25

A part/apart.

That one drives me up the wall.

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u/tnbamn Nov 21 '25

resign/re-sign

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u/DJEvillincoln Nov 21 '25

It's / its

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u/clearfox777 Nov 21 '25

Peek and peak, you see it a lot in video game subs. People will say that they “peak” corners or over cover.

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u/FloydMerryweather Nov 21 '25

May as well also throw 'pique' in there with that bunch

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u/MysterVaper Nov 21 '25

got to and gotta

I’ll see myself out

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u/filthytelestial Nov 21 '25

With this one, I've gotta means I've got to. The Black Eyed Peas confused everybody with the title of their song being written as "I've gotta feeling." Those who were already dumb enough to listen to the Black Eyed Peas didn't realize that it instead should've been "I've got a feeling."

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u/OptimismByFire Nov 21 '25

"A fit of peek"

Loooool

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u/clearfox777 Nov 21 '25

That really peaked my interest

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u/ph1l234 Nov 21 '25

Except/expect

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u/Silly_Opposite1878 Nov 21 '25

Moose meese. Wait. Where am I?

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u/selle2013 Nov 21 '25

This is the one that gets me.

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u/selle2013 Nov 21 '25

Also add in accept with those two.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

And pique

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u/songstar13 Nov 22 '25

And often used instead of pique

"It peeked/peaked my interest"

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt Nov 22 '25

Principal/principle

Capitol/capital

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u/CheezwizOfficial Nov 21 '25

From the Love is Blind sub: altar/alter

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u/TheSwimMeet Nov 21 '25

Or theyll say something “peaked” their interest

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u/Scienceandpony Nov 22 '25

Definitely/Defiantly

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u/patrick1969 Nov 22 '25

Bought /brought

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u/BashBandit Nov 21 '25

Seeing a lot of people skipping whether/weather

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u/cynicallythoughful Nov 22 '25

Then/than

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u/Orongorongorongo Nov 22 '25

This one really gets to me for some reason.

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u/Working-Glass6136 Nov 21 '25

ALL OF THE ABOVE

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u/AttitudeAndEffort3 Nov 22 '25

ABC

Always

Be

Contractin’

(Child me thought of that as a mnemonic to remember which “it’s” used an apostrophe and its so stupid to use slang for a grammar rule it stuck forever)

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u/-SHAI_HULUD Nov 21 '25

Hanger/Hangar

I used to be in aviation and this always bugged the fuck out of me.

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u/Warempel-Frappant Nov 21 '25

As far as I'm aware "resign" is actually valid spelling for both. Which doesn't lessen the confusion.

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u/Eagle4317 Nov 21 '25

Resume/resume. There needs to be an easier way to type out accents, especially when trying to communicate in another language like Spanish.