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

And they misspell the name of one of the Ukrainian prosecutors.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2019

I worked with a guy for seven years who would misspell our students’ names or mispronounce them during the end-of-year awards ceremony.

From Slate • Nov. 7, 2019

I google it so fast, I almost misspell the word “bean.”

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera