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

In a group called Healthcare Heroes for Personal Choice, an administrator instructed people to remove or misspell buzzwords and to avoid using the syringe emoji.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2021

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

Be just my luck, I get in the paper for something good and they misspell my name.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes