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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

Among the words Ms. Bolden spelled correctly were prejudice, persevere, misspell and embarrass.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023

The thing is my in-laws tend to misspell my part of the name, or forget it all together in correspondence.

From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2019

Never in my life have I known Metias to misspell anything.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

The amendment to Lisa Marie's will also "misspells her mother's name" and bears a signature by Lisa Marie that "appears inconsistent with her usual and customary signature", says the court filing seen by the BBC.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2023

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

But the letter misspells the name of one Hall of Famer, listing Carl Eller’s last name as “Ellard.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2018

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

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

The name of an Arkansas coal plant receiving an exemption was misspelled, for instance, as was the name of the company Phillips 66, which was granted exemptions at its oil refineries in Illinois and Texas.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025

He remembered her letter, the misspelled words: “I lie here dreamyly.”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

"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

Cobain, who often misspelt his own name, signed the instrument "Kurdt Kobain".

From BBC ● May 21, 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

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 'philosopher's' on the back of the copy was among the things that helped Mr Pearce identify it as a first edition.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025

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