misspell
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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misspells,
present (3rd person singular)
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misspelled,
past participle, past
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misspelt,
past participle, past
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misspelling
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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misspellsimple
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misspellssimple
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have misspelledperfect
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have misspeltperfect
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has misspelledperfect
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has misspeltperfect
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am misspellingprogressive
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are misspellingprogressive
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is misspellingprogressive
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have been misspellingperfect progressive
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has been misspellingperfect progressive
Past
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misspelledsimple
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misspeltsimple
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had misspelledperfect
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had misspeltperfect
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was misspellingprogressive
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were misspellingprogressive
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had been misspellingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of misspell
Explanation
When you misspell something, you spell it worng. Whoops. Sorry about that — When you misspell something, you spell it wrong. When you have the letters in the wrong order or you don't have the right letters, you misspell. How humiliating it would be to misspell this word! Just remember that you need two s's — the one in mis- (as in mistake or mishandle), meaning to do something the wrong way, and the s in spell.
Vocabulary lists containing misspell
Commonly Misspelled Words, List 6
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Example Sentences
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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
And they misspell the name of one of the Ukrainian prosecutors.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2019
“JoBro Lover or something? Wait, no, JoBro Lova. Everybody liked to misspell shit in middle school.”
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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
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
A sobering travelogue through the world of maternal health care, yes, but it also misspells “Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2020
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
“Every secretary of you know defense, transportation, treasury commerce IRS commissioner everyone gets right back to me,” she wrote, before adding the FBI director, his name misspelled: “Oh yeah, l’m forgetting cash Patel.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
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
In filling out the papers, the white officer misspelled Grandpa’s name, making him Richard Vinson instead of Richard Wilson.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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
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
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
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
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 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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