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The wrong homonym
 
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The reason that second one's so relatively common is a combination of a normal mistake with a spellchecker typo.

"Defiantly" is the obvious spellchecker suggestion for "definatly", which is a close enough match to the pronunciation of "definitely" - especially in accents where the penultimate syllable, "net", comes out closer to "nut" - that some people are going to come up with it in an honest attempt to spell the word.
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The wrong homonym - by robkelk - 02-05-2013, 04:49 AM
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[No subject] - by SkyeFire - 02-13-2013, 05:34 AM
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[No subject] - by DHBirr - 02-13-2013, 06:01 AM
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[No subject] - by The Wanderer - 02-13-2013, 05:28 PM
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[No subject] - by Proginoskes - 02-15-2013, 07:13 PM
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[No subject] - by robkelk - 02-20-2013, 02:37 AM
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