misspell
Example Sentences
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Toczylowski said federal agents sometimes misspell the name of the person they are booking into custody.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025
He added that "typo-squatting" - a type of cyber-crime that targets users who incorrectly misspell an internet domain - is common.
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2023
Those tended to be pretty good, and at some point I was just like: “OK, let’s really pull this thread. How many ways can you actually misspell the word pregnant?”
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2021
And they misspell the name of one of the Ukrainian prosecutors.
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2019
"Did somebody misspell the word 'tail,' as in a doggy tail?"
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
Vocabulary lists containing misspell
Commonly Misspelled Words, List 6
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