misspell

[ mis-spel ]

/ mɪsˈspɛl /

verb (used with or without object), mis·spelled or mis·spelt, mis·spell·ing.

to spell incorrectly.

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missouri meerschaum, missouri river, missourian, missout, misspeak, misspell, misspelling, misspend, misspent, misstate, misstatement

Origin of misspell

First recorded in 1645–55; mis-¹ + spell¹

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Examples from the Web for misspelled

It is easy to laugh at broken toilets and misspelled signs in Sochi, but the underlying story cannot be avoided.
Putin’s Sochi and Hitler’s Berlin: The Love Affair Between Dictators and the Olympic Games.|Garry Kasparov|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Editor's Note: Due to an editing error, a gastroenterologist's name was misspelled as LaPoo.
Suffering From An ‘Incurable Respiratory Disease’ This Winter? Relax. It’s Just RSV.|Kent Sepkowitz|January 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The traders and their compatriots had hilarious, awful, misspelled nicknames for each other.
Speed Read: The Juiciest Bits From the UBS LIBOR Settlement |Matthew Zeitlin|December 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
This was no longer possible; my friend had misspelled the word mitomycin many rounds earlier.
Rebecca Sealfon: The Year I Won the Scripps National Spelling Bee|Rebecca Sealfon|May 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Miller filed a lawsuit in federal court trying to throw out any misspelled ballots.
Miller's Lawyers Call It Quits|Shushannah Walshe|November 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST
When the Ginters left, Margie sent back to him letters with misspelled addresses which the students did not believe he answered.
Basil Everman|Elsie Singmaster
Mary's letters to me are so misspelled that I blush to read them.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908|Various
If I ever hear of your writing 'real' poetry—it is supposed to be real if it is in dialect or misspelled!
That Fortune|Charles Dudley Warner
Printer errors, misspelled and archaic words have been retained with the exception of that noted below.
Bruno|Byrd Spilman Dewey
In some of the acts words are misspelled; in one it is enacted that "wild birds shall not be killed at any time."
Hunting in Many Lands|Various

British Dictionary definitions for misspelled

misspell

/ (ˌmɪsˈspɛl) /

verb -spells, -spelling, -spelt or -spelled

to spell (a word or words) wrongly

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Word Origin and History for misspelled

misspell

1650s, from mis- (1) + spell (v.). Related: Misspelled; misspelling.

misspell

verb (used with or without object), mis·spelled or mis·spelt, mis·spell·ing.

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British Dictionary definitions for misspelled

misspell

verb -spells, -spelling, -spelt or -spelled

Word Origin and History for misspelled

misspell