misspell

Example Sentences

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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

What happens to them if they misspell it?

From Slate • May 6, 2019

When I finally thought what to say and began to write, I ruined three sheets of paper by crying on them and a fourth because I forgot to misspell words.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine