I wrote a blog post a few days ago about how eleven misspellings cost the city of Livermore, California, six thousand dollars plus the round-trip airfare for a Miami artist to fix her work.

Here is another example of a costly misspelling.

The owners of a home in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, had “MILLENIUM HOUSE” — with only one “N” in the middle of the first word — carved by a stone mason into a huge piece of stone that sits above the entrance to their home.

Apparently, the Knaresborough construction company that built the house was named “Millenium Designs” — again with only one “n” in the middle of the first word — and the home owners unfortunately assumed that the home builder had spelled “Millennium” correctly.

So the home owners copied a misspelling, and they did it so royally that the misspelling is carved into stone.

What is worse is that the stone is not easily replaced, given that it supports the stone wall above the entrance.

I wonder how much this misspelling would cost to correct. I assume it would be higher than the US$600 per misspelling paid by Livermore, California, for the misspellings in its mosaic.

What is the most expensive misspelling about which you have ever read? If you have one that you want me to share with other readers, please contact me. Be sure to include a link to the Web page where the misspelling is described.