Talk:preliminarly

RFV discussion: January–February 2020

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preliminarly

Looks like something that only show up because of typos. Dylanvt (talk) 01:32, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

And to restore the i-balance disturbed by similarily. :)  --Lambiam 07:50, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

cited. In order to rule out typos, I limited myself to texts that use the word multiple times and consistently spell it "preliminarly". Kiwima (talk) 06:26, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Comparing the cite from the Federal Register with this one should make clear the first is a typo. For the other two, I think it is a misspelling; note that the authors are not native English speakers.  --Lambiam 12:57, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

I have changed it from an alternate form to a misspelling, but it seems a pretty common misspelling. Kiwima (talk) 20:03, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Judging by Ngrams this was, at its peak (applying no smoothing), in the vicinity of 1/50th as common as the usual spelling, though applying a lot of smoothing to look at broader trends, only 1/65th or so as common. As Kiwima says, that does seem rather common, all things considered, although I am sympathetic to the point of view that many uses seem to be typos. But it seems common enough to keep as a misspelling. If the misspelling is chiefly used by non-native speakers, btw, it could also be categorized into Category:Non-native speakers' English, but if it also occurs a lot in native speakers' writing, then just labelling it a misspelling is sufficient. - -sche (discuss) 20:28, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

RFV-resolved Kiwima (talk) 21:59, 11 February 2020 (UTC)