misspell
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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
No way the real Nicole would misspell her own name.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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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
One of the four designs for the card misspells the word “official.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021
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
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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
He’s called me Anfrew since second grade when Mrs. Long misspelled it on my name tag for field day.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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The autocorrect can helpfully substitute a reasoned replacement for a misspelt word while texting, but it can also unintentionally change the meaning.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2023
In some places, words are redacted or misspelt.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2018
Xavier Jugelé must have told me his name three times and I had misspelt it each time.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2017
The signs, to honour Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter, were misspelt Parkhurst Close and Chrisable Walk.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2016
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
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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
A sports retail giant has come under fire for misspelling the Welsh word for Wales on its bobble hats.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024
They say her note about “Dr. Trumpet” was a misspelling of Dr. Trombka, Sneed’s psychiatrist.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024
She didn’t mind the misspelling of her name that much, but it bothered her when reporters had a lot to say about her appearance.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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Commonly Misspelled Words, List 6
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