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Ask HN: What is it called when brands deliberately misspell names

by asimjalis on 4/26/22, 11:50 PM with 10 comments

• by fuckcensorship on 4/27/22, 12:07 AM

  Cacography [1], perhaps?

  [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacography

• by cratermoon on 4/26/22, 11:58 PM

  Unique enough to be a trademark or service mark.

• by tintedfireglass on 4/27/22, 2:36 AM

  You can't copyright dictionary common names like crispy and cream but you can copyright Krispy and Kreme.

• by jdrc on 4/27/22, 7:43 AM

  "the domain name was not available"

• by bradwood on 4/27/22, 7:07 AM

  A creativity failure

• by aaaaaaaaata on 4/27/22, 2:30 AM

  Corporatization

• by Overtonwindow on 4/26/22, 11:51 PM

  Edginess

• by tims33 on 4/27/22, 12:02 AM

  domain-name-ization