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

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

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

What happens to them if they misspell it?

From Slate • May 6, 2019

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