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misspell

[mis-spel] / mɪsˈspɛl /
VERB
spell incorrectly
Synonyms
WEAK
miscopy mismark mispoint misprint miswrite vitiate


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In his original message to Claude, he even managed to misspell the name Riemann.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

In a group called Healthcare Heroes for Personal Choice, an administrator instructed people to remove or misspell buzzwords and to avoid using the syringe emoji.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2021

Be just my luck, I get in the paper for something good and they misspell my name.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

He accidentally misspells Orlando as "Ornaldo", before apologising to all the "perfect brothers and sisters out there" for his mistake – all while staring blankly into the camera.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Epstein doesn’t appear to correct Nikolic when he misspells his first name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

You even plugged your new Twitter account, the one that misspells your last name because cybersquatters apparently took every possible manifestation of your name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022

For example, he couldn’t tell you my current job and still misspells my primary school age kid’s name, and my kid’s name has four letters.

From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2021

Some boat owner in Florida misspells “Grandma” and look what happens: a myth is bom, a province is renamed, a Communist party newspaper is launched.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

During a recent AI training session for educators in South Carolina, an AI-generated world map misspelled Mali as “Mail,” labeled Egypt “Sopth” and replaced Libya with a country simply called “Africa.”

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Corrections & Amplifications: The name of Venu Krishna, U.S. equity strategist at Barclays, was misspelled in an earlier version of this article.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Think of the number of times you have misspelled something, or said the wrong word, and still been understood.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026

May 4, 2026An earlier version of this article misspelled Alanna O’Reilly’s name as Illana O’Reiley.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

She’s wearing that principal gaze, the kind of face one might make if they’re reading an essay consisting of nothing but misspelled words.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

She forged a degree certificate and a letter of verification in 1995, with the word verify misspelt, the court heard.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025

In some places, words are redacted or misspelt.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2018

Introduced in 2017, the spelling test asks children to identify misspelt words.

From BBC ● May 17, 2018

When a misspelt road marking appeared outside a school in Chester, the finger of blame was as usual pointed at hapless contractors.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2017

There were, as I recall, many misspelt, ill- formed sentences about how much in love the couple were, how wonderful the second footman was, and how marvellous the future was that awaited them both.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

But in another instance, Epstein was critical of misspelling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

Naming is a big theme throughout the book, whether that be the misspelling of your maiden name or choosing your daughter’s names.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025

The misspelling of 'philosopher's' on the back of the copy was among the things that helped Mr Pearce identify it as a first edition.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025

They say her note about “Dr. Trumpet” was a misspelling of Dr. Trombka, Sneed’s psychiatrist.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024

She found another typo in Griswold’s: exsessively—a misspelling she had missed all the previous times she’d pored over this story.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman



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