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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

Among the words Ms. Bolden spelled correctly were prejudice, persevere, misspell and embarrass.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

Two recent popular books on the history of the dating of Earth actually manage to misspell his name.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The amendment to Lisa Marie's will also "misspells her mother's name" and bears a signature by Lisa Marie that "appears inconsistent with her usual and customary signature", says the court filing seen by the BBC.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2023

One of the four designs for the card misspells the word “official.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021

A sobering travelogue through the world of maternal health care, yes, but it also misspells “Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2020

But the letter misspells the name of one Hall of Famer, listing Carl Eller’s last name as “Ellard.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2018

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

A previous version of this column misspelled the first name of Jesica Ray of Brighton Jones.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

“The guy couldn’t spell,” one observer told Hellmann, referring to the misspelled tag, as they walked by.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of the carmaker as MacLaren.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 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

The only thing typed in was my name, and that had been misspelled.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

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

"Contractors working on our behalf have been to the site to reinstate the road surface but unfortunately, when replacing the road markings they have misspelt the wording on the tarmac," a spokesperson said.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024

Skipping past Christian Fuchs, whose name was rather unfortunately misspelt on the teamsheet, Willmott delivered a terrific cross on the run that exposed Wes Morgan’s poor positioning.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2019

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

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

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024

Anne, who forgave Bill for misspelling her name, recalled that she had to get the bus from Kinghorn to the school in Bill's home town of Burntisland.

From BBC ● May 22, 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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