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misspell

[mis-spel] / mɪsˈspɛl /
VERB
spell incorrectly
Synonyms
WEAK
miscopy mismark mispoint misprint miswrite vitiate


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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

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

You even plugged your new Twitter account, the one that misspells your last name because cybersquatters apparently took every possible manifestation of your name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022

A sobering travelogue through the world of maternal health care, yes, but it also misspells “Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2020

He even misspells his name when reserving airplane tickets and says it has never created a problem going through security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 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

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

“The guy couldn’t spell,” one observer told Hellmann, referring to the misspelled tag, as they walked by.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 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

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

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

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

But in another instance, Epstein was critical of misspelling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 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

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

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024

“I wonder how Kyndall feels about this robot impersonating her,” said another, misspelling the star’s name.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 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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