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After a time, there often is a cease fire in the spelling war, and the misspelled word is accepted as a variant. After still more time, the variant may become a fully accepted word. Take the word "miniscule". It is a variant spelling of "minuscule", but it used to be just a misspelling. It is understandable why people would adopt the miniscule variant, they've heard the word without seeing it spelled, and understand the "mini-" prefix. It still isn't a fully accepted variant, but over time, it may become the accepted spelling, with minuscule drifting toward becoming archaic.
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