Autocorrect Failures

Commenters repeatedly blame autocorrect, especially on iPhones and mobile devices, for typos and misspellings in their posts, sharing ironic examples and frustrations.

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Sample Comments

sebastiennight Feb 23, 2025 View on HN

Sounds like an occurence of autocorrect giving us a glimpse into the poster's typing history!

shrikant Feb 25, 2016 View on HN

Autocorrect misinterpreting what you intended to type is a delicious irony in this context!

AsyncAwait Sep 30, 2016 View on HN

That's what you get for relying too much on autocorrect...

fastbeef Jan 2, 2020 View on HN

Correct, curse you autocorrect!

mattl Jun 20, 2025 View on HN

I blame autocorrect there. Sorry.

collyw Nov 19, 2020 View on HN

Autocorrect must have got that.

layer8 Sep 17, 2023 View on HN

Googling for something like “iphone wrong autocorrect” helps in such cases. ;)

hnfong Jun 1, 2022 View on HN

"autocorrect fails" :D

l33t233372 May 29, 2023 View on HN

I think my autocorrect got the better of me there!

taurath May 30, 2018 View on HN

My pphones autocorrect might not be working correctly ;)