15 internet-related words that are often misspelled

1. Net

We canReference and information portal GRAMOTA.RU write "Internet" or "Internet" - with a capital letter or with a small letter. But if we use the synonym "Network", meaning the entire World Wide Web, then we shouldReference and information portal GRAMOTA.RU use a capital letter.

In the expression "Internet" the first word is writtenReference and information portal GRAMOTA.RU with a lowercase letter, and the second with a capital letter.

2. Offline

In the Russian language, very often in the borrowed words, the doubled consonant, which is in the source language, is not preserved. For example, as in the word "office", derived from the English office. The same thing happened with offline, which becameReference and information portal GRAMOTA.RU Russian "offline" with one "f".

3. Traffic

And here the situation is the same: despite the English traffic, in the Russian language the word is spelledReference and information portal GRAMOTA.RU with one "f".

In general, the doubled "f" in Russian is often "unlucky": "offshore", "offside" (offside), "coffee" (sofee).

4. Wi-Fi

This word was not in dictionaries for a long time, but in 2020 it was addedSpelling academic resource ACADEMOS in the electronic spelling dictionary of the Institute of the Russian Language of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Despite the English wi-fi, there is no hyphen in Russian.

5. Kesh

In Russian words, after solid consonants, "e" is written, and in foreign languages ​​- "e". This is the general ruleSpelling commenting of the Russian dictionary, from which, of course, there are exceptions: "mayor", "master", "rap", "sandwich" and others. But "cache" does not apply to them and is writtenReference and information portal GRAMOTA.RU through "e".

6. Web design

The spelling of this word also follows the above rule, so here "web"Reference and information portal GRAMOTA.RU through "e".

Note that words that begin with “web” are hyphenated: “web design”, “web document”, “web project”. The exceptions are "weblog" and "webmaker".

7. Email

This is how the English email came acrossReference and information portal GRAMOTA.RU in the Russian spelling dictionary. "E" after "m" is written according to the already mentioned rule about writing "e" and "e", and the first letter - "and" - reflectsSpelling commenting of the Russian dictionary pronunciation of the borrowed word.

8. Messenger

This is how it is spelled correctlyReference and information portal GRAMOTA.RU this word. Three "e" correspond to the rule about writing "e" and "e", two "s" - the case when the doubled consonants are preserved, and "j" is a tribute to the English pronunciation of g before e.

9. Internet shopping

Words with the first part "internet" are spelledReference and information portal GRAMOTA.RU hyphenated. And in "shopping", despite the English shopping, there was only one "p" left, because in the Russian language there isSpelling commenting of the Russian dictionary the word "shop" with one "p".

10. Social network

In this compound-shortened word, the dot after the "ts" is not needed, as in the words "wall newspaper", "collective farm" or "special forces". It was in this form that the social network was addedSpelling academic resource ACADEMOS to the dictionary in 2020.

Points are putRussian spelling and punctuation rules in graphic abbreviations - a short recording of words and phrases. When reading, such abbreviations are replaced by full words, for example, we write "rub." - we read "rubles", we write "years." - we read "years". And when reading compound abbreviated words, they are pronounced the same way as they are written, for example, "overalls" and "social network".

11. Account

This is the case when the doubled consonant is preserved when borrowing. In the English account there are two c, and the word also got into the Russian dictionaryReference and information portal GRAMOTA.RU with two "k".

12. Hashtag

In this case, the general rule of writing "e" and "e" also applies, so the word is spelledReference and information portal GRAMOTA.RU through "e". No hyphen needed inside.

13. Dislike

Many people write this word in Russian with "s", because in English it is dislike. However, the pronunciation corresponds to "z". It was with this letter that the "dislike" was includedSpelling academic resource ACADEMOS into the dictionary.

14. Blogger

In English blogger doubles g to keep the closed syllable and pronunciation [o]. If -er is added to the blog without such doubling, then the syllable will be open and should be read as [ou]. The same thing happens, for example, with the words rapper (from rap), spammer (from spam), and scanner (from scan). Russian reading rules are different, so there is no need to double.

In addition, in dictionaries there is a single root "blog" with only one "g", and when other words are formed, the consonants are not fundamentally doubled, this is alien to our language. Therefore, it contains "rapper" (there is "rap" with one "p"), "spammer" (there is "spam") and "scanner" (there is "scan"). And the word "blogger" is also writtenReference and information portal GRAMOTA.RU one "g".

15. Media resources

Words with the first part "media-" are writtenReference and information portal GRAMOTA.RU together. The presence in the Russian language of the adjective "media" allowsSpelling commenting of the Russian dictionary consider "a" in this word as a connecting vowel. In addition, there is a rule according to which they are written in one pieceSpelling commenting of the Russian dictionary compound nouns, if they consist of two stems that coincide with independently used nouns, and the first stem ends in a vowel.