misspell
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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
Be just my luck, I get in the paper for something good and they misspell my name.
From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes
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
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
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
One password-protected website has the creatively misspelled URL poiymarket.com, which is indistinguishable from polymarket.com when the “i” is capitalized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
“I told them my name was Keto. They misspelled it as Kate. My brother...well, now he’s Porky.”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
"Contractors working on our behalf have been to the site to reinstate the road surface but unfortunately, when replacing the road markings they have misspelt the wording on the tarmac," a spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
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
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
The signs, to honour Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter, were misspelt Parkhurst Close and Chrisable Walk.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2016
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
Naming is a big theme throughout the book, whether that be the misspelling of your maiden name or choosing your daughter’s names.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025
The misspelling of the common "Keep Clear" warning 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 found another typo in Griswold’s: exsessively—a misspelling she had missed all the previous times she’d pored over this story.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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Commonly Misspelled Words, List 6
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