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Terrible Country Spellings Accepted by JetPunk #1

These spellings are accepted by JetPunk in most featured quizzes. Give the exact spellings of the answers that are revealed when these monstrosities are entered!
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First submittedJanuary 17, 2020
Times taken32,725
Average score90.0%
Rating4.83
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Spelling
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adjerbeaidzan
Azerbaijan
thebahamies
Bahamas
djabuoti
Djibouti
gahna
Ghana
tajkmenistan
Tajikistan
ecaudor
Ecuador
leeihctchenstien
Liechtenstein
portigel
Portugal
equetorealgiunea
Equatorial Guinea
kazzyxbqrkjfzstan
Kazakhstan
Spelling
Answer
thehondureoais
Honduras
phillepines
Philippines
venazeula
Venezuela
afganestan
Afghanistan
manico
Monaco
cotedeivioore
Ivory Coast
berkeenafasso
Burkina Faso
erretria
Eritrea
moooritis
Mauritius
kirguatemalastan
Kyrgyzstan
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100 Recent Comments
TheAnimationGuy
+14
Level 44
Mar 1, 2021
kazzyxbqrkjfzstan! So funny!
Celtickz33
+3
Level 47
Feb 18, 2025
I live here, lol
TheAnimationGuy
+2
Level 44
Mar 1, 2021
Nominated!
owlhouseandst
+1
Level 49
Apr 17, 2026
nommed!
ReyFer
+2
Level 67
Mar 13, 2021
nominated!
InfiniteBulk
+7
Level 72
Mar 14, 2021
I missed so many of these because looking at these made me forget how to type them!
Geochamp
+5
Level 68
Mar 17, 2021
can you please accept The Bahamas?
morcaca
+4
Level 59
Apr 3, 2021
You have to type in the answer that shows up on the quiz. "Bahamas" shows up on the quiz.
HeyItsMeJJ
+13
Level 65
May 14, 2021
I know but not only does The Bahamas require it as part of their name, but I've seen it written as both on different quizzes. Adding "the" doesn't change the fact that you know how to spell "Bahamas"
amazingkeller
+2
Level 49
Oct 24, 2024
I got Bahamas wrong just because i kept trying "The Bahamas"
1ProximaCentauri
+9
Level 53
Mar 31, 2021
KazooQuizstan!!
BigFloppa
+13
Level 62
Apr 10, 2021
i refuse to belive that "kazzyxbqrkjfzstan" works

Edit: oh my gosh it does

johnnyrdnck
+8
Level 48
Apr 12, 2021
its because type-in work as a function and not specified words.
tommuelmerson
+19
Level 59
Apr 12, 2021
Can you accept Cote D'Ivoire
quantummidget
+11
Level 36
Apr 13, 2022
Yeah seems strange that that's a correct spelling and is what the misspelling is angling for, but it's not accepted
overtired
+4
Level 88
Jul 14, 2025
It's accepted now.
MarcusS
+11
Level 52
May 18, 2021
You had the perfect opportunity to put in "Tajmahalstan" which would've been much better.
chailattee
+17
Level 67
May 19, 2021
Kyrgyzstan acceptes anything between the "Kyrg" and "stan" so Kyrgabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzstan, Kyrgkyrgyzstan, Kyrgdcvbuytfdfghyfghgfcvbhjhstan, and Kyrgdemocraticrepublicofthecongostan work.
PetiteFoireuse
+2
Level 57
Sep 20, 2025
Kirgistan amd Kirgisistan are also accepted.
CostingMoney
+17
Level 54
Jun 14, 2021
"oh, people actually type manico" i thought to myself, typing monico confidently
callmekeeper
+4
Level 41
Apr 28, 2025
i tried MEXICO :sob:
AaronAlder
+5
Level 53
Nov 3, 2021
No offence to any people from Kyrgyzstan

But who ever thought of that name must have banged their head on the keyboard

lazarff
+19
Level 70
Jun 24, 2024
It’s Kyrgyz, the name of the people, + stan, meaning “country”. Kyrgyz, really simple word, just two syllables, no junk letters, every letter pronounced in a predictable way. It’s just that people decided that in romanization, we should represent the Kyrgyz sound /ɯ/ (similar to “schwa”) with the letter Y. You just read letter by letter and that’s exactly how you pronounce Kyrgyzstan/Кыргызстан in Kyrgyz. (Of course, you pronounce G as the real G, as G in “good”, not softened, as J, as in “George”.)
overtired
+2
Level 88
Jun 24, 2024
Good explanation. Though it can be somewhat confusing that in many other languages it's Kyrgyz + istan.
barry2506
+1
Level 69
Sep 20, 2025
That's a great explanation of the origins of the name but Kyrgyz is not an easy spell. Most people outside of central Asia would have a hard time pronouncing it if they had never heard it said before.
lostmyballs
+6
Level 41
Jan 17, 2022
What the h3ll is going on in the "-stan" countries?

Soon, they'll accept Turkmenistan as "Turkeymauritanitiustan" or "Turkudeuffkvsdjwhstan"

VinMaps
+4
Level 77
Jun 11, 2022
They do
ilikegeography18
+5
Level 29
Apr 19, 2022
If you don't know, anything that's put between the, "kyrg," and the, "stan," works. So, "kyrgastan," "kyrghnstan," and, most surprisingly...

"kyrgThere are many different kinds of animals that live in China. 2 Tigers and leopards are animals that live in China's forests in the north. 2 In the jungles, monkeys swing in the trees, and elephants walk through the brush. The cities in China are filled with millions of people. 2 There are camels in the deserts in China that people use for transportation. 3 Lots of different kinds of animals make their home in China.stan"

No joke. This is because of the Regex used. Any words that start with kyrg and end with stan work.

Simon1006
+8
Level 66
Apr 23, 2022
That last one actually doesn't work since the type ins don't allow numbers
Dimby
+5
Level 83
Apr 23, 2022
Maybe add a caveat or an obvious question early to let us know that both “____ and ____” are required. I took awhile for barbooda after trying the typical first part and then the last part, but not both together. I thought a long time about whether another country might work before figuring you must want the entire thing in the jetpunk quiz rather than just knowing the actual spelling.
overtired
+5
Level 88
Apr 24, 2022
I could add a caveat but it’s already written in the instructions as a separate paragraph. I put it there instead of in a caveat so that people read it. Caveats are more often ignored.
Wardo
+4
Level 89
Apr 23, 2022
agree with the last comment. having to type in Antigua and Barbuda does not follow the rest of your quiz clues nor does it follow jet punk protocol that allows just Antigua to be typed on any other quiz to get it correct. so why require having the full country name when that is not the objective here. at least I thought you were going for correct spelling not full country name.
overtired
+8
Level 88
Apr 23, 2022
The instructions say to type in the answer revealed by jetpunk when these are typed. All the answers follow the same rules. It’s also in the title of the quiz. Barbuda isn’t a country.
MD396
+2
Level 58
Apr 23, 2022
Yeah but it just makes it annoying for the rest of us
overtired
+10
Level 88
Apr 24, 2022
The rest of us being people who didn’t read the instructions? (Genuine question)
Nananananananana
+2
Level 80
Jul 16, 2025
No, the rest of us being people who answer Antigua for every other geography quiz with no issue.
overtired
+3
Level 88
Jul 16, 2025
And don't understand the instructions?
blizzrd33
+1
Level 81
Jul 19, 2025
It's a poor choice. I understand, but it is still a poor choice.
overtired
+3
Level 88
Jul 19, 2025
Because...? I'm curious what your experience was. You read and understood the instructions, but still got it wrong?

Anyway, I've swapped out the answer now. As people often don't read the instructions (I'm often guilty of it too) it seemed the best solution.

gustavo11
+2
Level 73
Apr 23, 2022
Shout out to the fellow citizens of Kazzyxbqrkjfzstan!
Lythala
+4
Level 33
Nov 9, 2022
Me spelling Tajikistan and Kazakhstan correctly and forgetting how to spell Ecuador.
CapitalsIsMyGoal
+3
Level 53
Sep 19, 2024
Fun fact: the Z in Kyrgyzstan is [a-z] in Regex, which means you can technically type Kyrgyccmxjnckdjfhdhdgdhivovodkdhshsbhvjjcjcjdjkdjshfkdhdbenvjvkdjwgwdwrweqwaeadsyfihojojojpjpjpjohkglhkgjfntnrbejfivudhfkvjdjfjsjfoducjsiwhvkshvkshtohifhdoghdjvbstan and it would still accept.
MangosRsorry
+2
Level 52
Jan 29, 2025
I thought this would be a breeze, but it turns out I'm one of the people being made fun of 😭. Great quiz.
Albrik
+2
Level 66
Mar 16, 2025
Please accept "The Bahamas" and "Côte d'Ivoire"
overtired
+1
Level 88
Jul 14, 2025
They're accepted now.
bachslunch
+7
Level 93
Mar 16, 2025
Please also accept “Antigua” for “Antigua and Barbuda.”
poisongift
+1
Level 66
Mar 20, 2025
But "The Bahamas" is actually more correct than just "Bahamas", regardless of what other JetPunk quizzes tell you.

For most country names that can include a definite article, the article is added or removed based on grammatical context. But "The Bahamas" is one of the few country names that always includes the article.

overtired
+3
Level 88
Mar 20, 2025
No it doesn't. Even on its own wikipedia page, the "the" is often uncapitalised. And JetPunk doesn't include it in the name.
Trompete79
+2
Level 60
Apr 11, 2025
May I use this type of quiz in German?

Probably for countries and capitals but also for german cities etc.

overtired
+2
Level 88
Apr 11, 2025
Sure, go ahead :)
FyreSt0rm
+1
Level 55
Jul 7, 2025
Great Quiz! Nominated
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Jul 9, 2025
Cote d'Ivoire doesn't work !
overtired
+1
Level 88
Jul 14, 2025
It does now.
Constantinos
+1
Level 75
Jul 14, 2025
This is a borderline useless quiz apart from the easy 5 points...
communisteggplant
+3
Level 74
Jul 14, 2025
And yet, you did it!
halpie
+1
Level 80
Jul 14, 2025
Very fun quiz to make the milestone of level 80! I laughed a few times while filling this one out. Bravo!
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 92
Jul 14, 2025
Is Guatemalastan safe?
Yosherax
+4
Level 67
Jul 14, 2025
'Antigua' ought to be a type-in for Antigua & Barbuda
jbro
+4
Level 76
Jul 14, 2025
Kirguatemalastan is crazy
cornflakesfu
+2
Level 89
Jul 14, 2025
I made this quiz back in 2018: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/252568/acceptably-misspelled-countries
Cyclonus
+1
Level 88
Jul 15, 2025
"kazzyxbqrkjfzstan"? Borat is rolling over in his grave!
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jul 16, 2025
Very amusing quiz, I bet Antigua and Barbuda was the lowest because people assumed it was Barbados.

Speaking of acceptable spellings I'm so thankful that pretty much any misspelling of Matthew McConaughey is valid

Nananananananana
+1
Level 80
Jul 16, 2025
It's the lowest because this is the only quiz on Jetpunk that doesn't accept 'Antigua'
MrFatFat
+1
Level 45
Aug 4, 2025
Ghana also appears on the sequel.
w204AMG
+1
Level 57
Sep 20, 2025
Kyrgyzstan is something I never get right.
Phil
+1
Level 57
Sep 20, 2025
Read what you see using the voice and a lot of time they'll come up
AntimatterYT
+1
Level 55
Sep 20, 2025
thought last one is guatemala since it includes
cityfarmer
+1
Level 69
Sep 20, 2025
tajkmenistan? How?
Rougarou
+2
Level 64
Sep 20, 2025
Philippines being so low is surprising.
McKenzieFam
+2
Level 68
Sep 20, 2025
Kyr-Guatemala-Stan made me laugh
KWOrpheus
+1
Level 79
Sep 20, 2025
I'm kinda liking Kazzy for Kazakhstan
Anderis
+2
Level 76
Sep 20, 2025
I had doubt whether tajkmenistan was supposed to be Tajikistan or Turkmenistan.
LoobyLou
+1
Level 28
Sep 20, 2025
Same here
LoobyLou
+1
Level 28
Sep 20, 2025
And yet I sometimes get one letter wrong and it doesn’t accept it!
PetiteFoireuse
+1
Level 57
Sep 20, 2025
Me be like, "morris", as in "Philip Morris"? That's not country, and I don't think Jetpunk allows advertising for cigarettes???
Isfandiyar
+1
Level 51
Sep 20, 2025
Guys, why do I always get the notification that my points went down for certain quiz. Is there like something that I'm doing wrong? Asking out of curiosity. Is it because I didn't finish the quiz or something?
overtired
+1
Level 88
Sep 20, 2025
If the quiz is reset because of an update you lose your points on it and have to take it again. This is usually when an answer is changed.

Or your points can go down on a new quiz when more people take it and the balance of points awarded per number of correct answers changes.

Morganspurlock
+5
Level 55
Sep 20, 2025
How is Philippines the least guessed in this quiz? Do people just not know how to spell it, even in this case where it's all that matters?? It looks like one of the most obvious ones
shrekcena
+1
Level 60
Sep 20, 2025
I had the same thought. Very confusing
Artery
+6
Level 57
Sep 20, 2025
So jetpunk accept all these abominations, but whenever i'm not sure and i'm off by 1 letter, it's rejected.
SeaPunk206
+4
Level 50
Sep 20, 2025
Exactly! It doesn't even accept Cameron for Cameroon.
JanW
+4
Level 18
Sep 20, 2025
I tried kaz abcdefghijklmnoprstuvwxyz stan on the official all countries quiz and it worked. I have no questions
owlhouseandst
+1
Level 49
Apr 17, 2026
think it just takes "kaz" and "stan", cuz it knows what u mean
TheDarkKnight357
+1
Level 45
Sep 21, 2025
How in the world does The Philippines have the lowest correct at 72% that was by far the easiest one.
overtired
+1
Level 88
Sep 21, 2025
I'm guessing that people don't remember the double P.
owlhouseandst
+1
Level 49
Apr 17, 2026
it is so easy, because my uncle is from there, so i automatically know
Julotek
+2
Level 65
Sep 22, 2025
It's Aberbaijan, at least according to Trump so it must be true I guess...
AlexanderRobb
+2
Level 45
Sep 22, 2025
to think that jetpunk accepts these answers is outrageous i would of just died of laughter if it happened to me
obzies
+2
Level 40
Sep 23, 2025
kazzyxbqrkjfzstan hits hard 🇰🇿🥲🥲🥲
Sman890
+2
Level 36
Sep 23, 2025
kazzyxbqrkjfzstan got me ROFL
Sman890
+1
Level 36
Sep 23, 2025
copy pasting that
draisaitl29
+1
Level 45
Sep 24, 2025
ironnically i kept spelling kyrgyzstan wrong cause i forgot the 'z' but i somehow finished with literally 0:00 left
Wolvy
+1
Level 23
Sep 25, 2025
lmao
SoLucky
+1
Level 33
Nov 10, 2025
Dude the only reason I didn't get 3 of them is because they seemed unidentifiable dude.
OverlordAlpha
+1
Level 44
Jan 17, 2026
"Kyrguatemalastan" How does that even happen? Guatemala?
FinlandForever19
+1
Level 86
Jan 24, 2026
I think we're being a little too generous with what's accepted...
RollingStones1
+1
Level 50
Feb 21, 2026
The Kazakhstan one was so cursed
oj11
+1
Level 20
Mar 25, 2026
so they are allowed to spell Liechtenstein like that but when I say licheinstein it doesnt allow
owlhouseandst
+1
Level 49
Apr 17, 2026
"cotedeivioore" for "ivory coast"? Really? WHY WOULD PEOPLE SPELL IT LIKE THAT AND YOU, JETPUNK, JUST ACCEPT IT? AND "leeihctchenstien" FOR "liechtenstein"? AND ''kazzyxbqrkjfzstan" FOR "kazakhstan''? AND ''adjerbeiadzan'' FOR ''azerbaijan''? thats just messed up. (plus what happened with guatemala and kyrgyzstan)
owlhouseandst
+1
Level 49
Apr 17, 2026
i have weird ideas
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