A common Norwegian misspelling

The standard spelling is “dessverre.”

Convention: Spelling follows the language's standard.

Example

[Vers]
Det er desverre sant

In the workbench this reads: “desverre” is a common Norwegian spelling error.

[Vers]
Det er dessverre sant

The fix

In the workbench this finding carries one control, labelled Replace with dessverre. The change is contextual, so it is previewed as a diff in your document first and applies only when you confirm it.

The convention and its limits

This check detects the pattern shown above. An accepted example passes this check; it is not a review of the whole transcription.

Source

The source cited by this check:

Ord som mange lurer på (opens in a new tab) verified 2026-07-25 Frequently searched Bokmål spellings, including dessverre and interessant