misspell

“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

No way the real Nicole would misspell her own name.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

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

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

The list, which Wilkes testified he presented to Clippers consultant Jerry West during lunch in Beverly Hills two weeks after Leonard signed, misspells Wilkes’ last name and erroneously refers to Leonard as “Kawi.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 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

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

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

In the elementary school spelling bee when you intentionally misspelled heifer, he almost had a cow.

From "Booked" by Kwame Alexander

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

Introduced in 2017, the spelling test asks children to identify misspelt words.

From BBC ● May 17, 2018

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

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

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

The misspelling appeared on a re-patched section of Watermoor Road in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024

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

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 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