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misspell

verb as in spell incorrectly

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An earlier version of this article misspelled his name as Jeffrey.

Toczylowski said federal agents sometimes misspell the name of the person they are booking into custody.

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She’s wearing that principal gaze, the kind of face one might make if they’re reading an essay consisting of nothing but misspelled words.

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Mr. Martins’s first name was misspelled, the passport used had been canceled in 2021, and the visa type was wrong.

He grew up in California, adopting the name Sly after a teacher misspelled his name.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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