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
The only exception comes if they misspell back-to-back, in which case the bee continues.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2019
“Ben Alejo. Hugo is my middle name. It’s harder to misspell than Alejo.”
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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
Cinc, a real estate lead generation platform, offers agents an AI-powered digital assistant that purposefully misspells words and uses emojis to make interactions with potential leads appear more human.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
One of the four designs for the card misspells the word “official.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021
For example, he couldn’t tell you my current job and still misspells my primary school age kid’s name, and my kid’s name has four letters.
From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2021
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
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
Think of the number of times you have misspelled something, or said the wrong word, and still been understood.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026
May 4, 2026An earlier version of this article misspelled Alanna O’Reilly’s name as Illana O’Reiley.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
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.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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
In some places, words are redacted or misspelt.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2018
When a misspelt road marking appeared outside a school in Chester, the finger of blame was as usual pointed at hapless contractors.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2017
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
And then there are the typos: a duplicated “1 wand” on Page 51 and a misspelling on the back cover, where the title appears as “Philospher’s Stone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
He said the misspelling of philosopher's on the back of the copy was among the things that identified it as a first edition.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
They say her note about “Dr. Trumpet” was a misspelling of Dr. Trombka, Sneed’s psychiatrist.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024
He was also poorly read, seldom wrote his own speeches, and, according to one member of his cabinet, “could not write a sentence without misspelling some word.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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