Misspelled words are funny. Just look at LOLcatz. Or Puddle Of Mudd. Misspelled words can also be helpful, as “obfuscated text” can help circumvent the nosey word filters of search engines and data mining tools. Still, one must ensure that obfuscated text is still readable for us humans, which remains the tricky part.
There’s a slew of text obfuscation websites out there, but this one may be the most fun. Spellfucker distinguishes itself with a method that “uses random replacements which makes the reverting process more difficult.” Despite the randomness, the text still remains readable (and pretty amusing). As a means of demonstration, the site obfuscates the lyrics to Lionel Richie’s “Hello”, though its effectiveness can be displayed using any number of songs.
Here’s the spellfucked lyrics to Puddle Of Mudd’s “Blurry”, for example:
“Everithing’se soe bluri
end everione’ce soe pheyke
end everibowdi’z empti
end everithingue ees soe mesced up
Preockupyd whythoud jou
I cenod lyve aed el
Mi wuole whorld suroundse jou
I stumble then I crewl
jou kould be mi sowmeone
jou kould be mi sssene
jou gnaw thaed I’l prowtecd jou
phromn el hoph the hobsssene
I whondor wuaed jou’re duoyngue
eemagine wuair jou eyre
Thear’se hosseance een betwien uz
Bud that’ce gnod veri pher
ckan jou theyke eet el oway?
kan jou theyke eet el oway?
whel jou shouved eet een mi pheice
Thise pein jou geive thoe me
ckan jou thaeke eet el oway?
kan jou theyke eet el oway?
whel jou showved eet een mi phaece”
It can even obfuscate words that have already been obfuscated. Staind, for example, reads as “Steind” when spellfucked. In that spirit, here’s the spellfucked lyrics to the first verse of “It’s Been A While”:
“End eet’s byn ewuile
cyns I ckould whold mi khead up khyg
end eet’s bien ewuile
cynse I phyrsd sow jou
end eet’s bien ewuile
cyns I kould stend hon mi hown thwoe phyd agein
end eet’s byn ewuile
cynse I kould cel jou”
“This project has experimental status at the moment,” the site warns. “Use at you own risk.” In other words, it might not be ready to spellfuck Hoobastank just yet.