Why do so many people fail to spell Python?

Question

Nothing too serious, nothing to do with programming, but I am just curious, why people on SoloLearn misspell Python so often?

I understand, that might be English, and my English is not very good neither, but still it is the name of the language, why do people do those mistakes?

Any idea?

P.S. don't take it too serious, just a next topic to talk

Answer 1

"Ph", as "f", is a valid consonant in English. Maybe it looks okayish enough :)

Answer 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyton

Answer 3

we associate words with images. & python sends a chilling image. We are prone to make mistakes when we are scared !!! :-)

Answer 4

not sure. maybe typing fast or they really just dont care how they spell it

Answer 5

Python name comes from the tv show Monty Python. Its an old TV show an probably nobody knows it

Answer 6

G'day Ace & David Ashton did you find an answer for this? Seems most likely to me that it is a translation error, maybe other cultures/languages use Phyton where we use Python?
Maybe Google translate is the culprit?

Answer 7

I think I have an idea...
1. In English, Python is pronounced /pʌɪθn̩/. /θ/ is a consonant not found in many languages, so other languages tend to replace it with /t/ (as in the language's name). In cases like "the", "then", "they" etc. (far more common words), "th" is pronounced /ð/, and some languages replace it with /z/, some with /d/. To top it, Spanish has both consonants, represented as "t" and "d", respectively.
2. Phyton is pronounced /fʌɪtɒn/. The /f/ consonant is far more common in languages overall.
3. People who don't natively speak English often find the diphthongs confusing (speaking of experience as well), and "th" corresponding to two different (but similar) unknown sounds worsens the case. On the other hand, one may not understand why "h" is here at all but still remember that it is *somewhere*. Either because "ph" is more familiar or "p" spells first in the word, one may tend to spell it "Phyton".

That is my pseudo-scientific theory based on what I remember, so take it with a grain of salt.