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I really don't where this influx of ~~mispelling~~ misspelling paid as payed over the last few years has come from, but it seems to be becoming more and more common.
For what it's worth, "payed" is a very old nautical term that means to spread tar on the deck of a ship.
There's no way this is just in the last few years, unless you mean like 20-30 years or so (along with the rest of the common misspellings you can find on the internet versus edited printed material). Also the meaning isn't just spreading a waterproof coating, but also to let out line or rope.
I really don't either. And it's misspelling. Cuz you know...
Hah. I looked at that word, then wrote it with a double s, looked at it again and it looked wrong, so I went back to one.
But now that I see it posted, the single s looks very wrong indeed.
D'oh.
Also, any post on the internet about someone else's spelling mistakes will inevitably contain at least one spelling error itself, so I'm just maintaining the universal rules ;)
In your case, I suppose it's "cuz"
Still don't see it?
... see what?