misspell
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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
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
“Often times people use slang, misspell words, use poor grammar, or write something that violates our guidelines but isn’t easily detectable by automation.”
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2020
Never in my life have I known Metias to misspell anything.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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
A sobering travelogue through the world of maternal health care, yes, but it also misspells “Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2020
In his preface, he misspells the last name of his book editor.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2019
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
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
The name of an Arkansas coal plant receiving an exemption was misspelled, for instance, as was the name of the company Phillips 66, which was granted exemptions at its oil refineries in Illinois and Texas.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
In addition, actor Colman Domingo’s first name was misspelled as Coleman in two instances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 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
In 1995 she forged a degree certificate and a letter of verification - with the word verify misspelt, the court heard.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2023
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
In some places, words are redacted or misspelt.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2018
Each listed Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, as the sender, although her name was misspelt.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2018
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
And then there are the typos: a duplicated “1 wand” on Page 51 and a misspelling on the back cover, where the title appears as “Philospher’s Stone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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
Vocabulary lists containing misspell
Commonly Misspelled Words, List 6
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