misspell
[mis-spel]
- to spell incorrectly.
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Origin of misspell
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Contemporary Examples
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
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
The traders and their compatriots had hilarious, awful, misspelled nicknames for each other.
This was no longer possible; my friend had misspelled the word mitomycin many rounds earlier.
Miller filed a lawsuit in federal court trying to throw out any misspelled ballots.
Historical Examples
The names of Ned are taken a good deal at random; and, doubtless, are often misspelled.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
The word "defied" was given out and several pupils had misspelled it.
The Story of Young Abraham LincolnWayne Whipple
If a word was misspelled, it was given to the next student with a Next!
Makers and Romance of Alabama HistoryB. F. Riley
The probability is there may have been some mistake in the name, or it may have been misspelled.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12)Robert G. Ingersoll
When you write return me again the postal card that I may see what words I misspelled.
My BoyhoodJohn Burroughs
misspell
- to spell (a word or words) wrongly
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Word Origin and History for misspelled
misspell
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