misspell
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“I find it to be completely sexist. I don’t understand it. What, did I misspell something?” she said.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
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
Be just my luck, I get in the paper for something good and they misspell my name.
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
Epstein doesn’t appear to correct Nikolic when he misspells his first name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
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
It misspells the last name of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and addresses him with the wrong title, as well as misspelling the name of the interior minister.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 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
Correction: We misspelled the name of WSJ Economics feedback contributor Jonathan Stekloff as Steckloff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
A previous version of this column misspelled the first name of Jesica Ray of Brighton Jones.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 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 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
That many misspelled words from Metias can be nothing other than a message to me—the one person who was most likely to go through his writing.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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
Workmen have been mocked online after a photo of a misspelt road marking in Scarborough went viral.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 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
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
In one case, a proofreader was imprisoned when a misspelling was alleged to have been part of a grand conspiracy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Above him hung a “Moore’s Refishing” sign, a friend’s comical misspelling of the shop’s name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 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
He was also poorly read, seldom wrote his own speeches, and, according to one member of his cabinet, “could not write a sentence without misspelling some word.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Commonly Misspelled Words, List 6
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