And I dont mean of we were logically talking about the language etymologically, I mean words that make sense on your brain with a different spelling. Unreasonable stupid spellings.
For me:
- Colledge for college
- Occean for ocean
- Pation for passion
These were mistakes I made as a kid and I get it
Webster tried to reform English, and was a reason for a number of the American English changes from British English. Some of his changes caught on, like “public” for “publick” or “jail” for “gaol”.
But others did not.
I think that some of those ones that didn’t catch on would be good candidates.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53723/26-noah-webster’s-spelling-changes-didn’t-catch
E.g. “Island” to “Iland”.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/noah-websters-spelling-wins-and-fails
Or “is” to “iz”.