What was the first misspelled word in the Declaration of Independance + how many words are in the declaration?

Question

I have always wondered...

Answer 1

Independance??

Answer 2

I doubt very seriously there are any misspelled words in the Declaration of Independence given the scholarly background of the drafters and the well documented scrunity of words those people used to come up with the document.

Usage of words and spellings change over time. The woods in the Declaration are no more misspelled than are the words in the King James Version of the Bible which was for sure done by the best scholars of the time. You can read any number of William Shakespears writings and find words that have different meanings and spellings today.

And for that matter it is not unusual at all to find differences in spelling different cultures around the English speaking world even today.

Answer 3

I don't know that any of the words are misspelled for that period in time. However of the answers you have been given so far, no one has pointed out the same word that was misspelled.

Answer 4

United States Declaration of Independence has an extra "t" in the original document forms the line "Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren"

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration_style.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence

Answer 5

Spelling during the drafting of the Declaration is not the same as it is today. Standard spelling wasn't common until Webster published a dictionary.

Answer 6

there are 1324 in the declaration.
the word that is spelled wrong is:
endeavored
which in the declaration is spelled:
endeavoured

Answer 7

goverment
correct spelling government

Answer 8

declare and 3019