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

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

I also tend to misspell the—it comes out hte.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner