Take, for example, bridegroom, or groom. In Middle English (ca. 1200-1500), the original term was goom (= man). The extra -r- was added centuries ago by false association with someone who works in a stable to care for horses. America's greatest lexicographer, Noah Webster, fought in vain in the early 19th century to make a man on his wedding day the bridegoom and all his attendants the goomsmen. But the English-speaking people would have none of it - they wanted their extra -r-, and they got it. The harmless mutation survived, and today we're wedded to it.
—from Garner's Modern English Usage, a book by Bryan Garner
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 710. | dude (udead1) | 62.07 | 96% | 2020-03-02 |
| 711. | Yucheol (yucheol) | 62.01 | 95% | 2020-03-06 |
| 712. | pege (pege) | 61.99 | 95% | 2020-06-28 |
| 713. | xnethu (candycloth) | 61.96 | 96% | 2020-02-03 |
| 714. | Eddie (agzastrgath) | 61.77 | 95% | 2020-03-23 |
| 715. | Ali (ali110imdad) | 61.76 | 98% | 2019-12-30 |
| 716. | Christopher (chriskaee) | 61.73 | 94% | 2019-10-29 |
| 717. | dje (djebou) | 61.72 | 98% | 2019-12-05 |
| 718. | Radmilo (radmilo) | 61.65 | 97% | 2020-03-01 |
| 719. | aka. Nerd Typist (nonquit_a... | 61.60 | 97% | 2020-02-18 |
| 720. | A (gharhan) | 61.55 | 96% | 2019-09-26 |
| 721. | Crunchman (crunchman) | 61.51 | 96% | 2019-10-14 |
| 722. | Maximilian (maxpatriot) | 61.41 | 96% | 2020-01-19 |
| 723. | HeavenIsNotReal (lusttea) | 61.39 | 94% | 2020-03-05 |
| 724. | cr (cr24) | 61.39 | 95% | 2019-11-18 |
| 725. | Andy (just4andy) | 61.38 | 96% | 2020-01-10 |
| 726. | Jeff (jeffvu) | 61.30 | 95% | 2020-12-13 |
| 727. | Anshorullah (imugetsu6) | 61.30 | 96% | 2020-10-30 |
| 728. | Harley (senpaislinky) | 61.28 | 95% | 2020-08-23 |
| 729. | imnotanygood (handicaped) | 61.22 | 94% | 2019-10-13 |
| 730. | Verkku (verkku) | 61.16 | 97% | 2019-09-22 |
| 731. | Ramsey (tackheads) | 61.08 | 95% | 2020-11-28 |
| 732. | glerou (tudesci) | 60.99 | 97% | 2020-10-20 |
| 733. | Benay (benay127) | 60.92 | 95% | 2020-03-03 |
| 734. | A (sd_era) | 60.90 | 95% | 2019-12-30 |
| 735. | Ohm (ohmstar123) | 60.89 | 97% | 2020-12-17 |
| 736. | Rex_Saltus (rex_saltus) | 60.87 | 96% | 2020-10-27 |
| 737. | Lasi (lasileuka) | 60.85 | 96% | 2019-09-24 |
| 738. | Will (qualiaqq) | 60.79 | 96% | 2019-11-27 |
| 739. | Aleks (aleks8) | 60.76 | 97% | 2020-03-08 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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| Default (English) | 1,308 | 77.42 | September 2, 2019 |
| ᗜ Stenography | 2 | 48.58 | May 27, 2023 |