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

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

No way the real Nicole would misspell her own name.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin