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misspell

[mis-spel] / mɪsˈspɛl /
VERB
spell incorrectly
Synonyms
WEAK
miscopy mismark mispoint misprint miswrite vitiate


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In his original message to Claude, he even managed to misspell the name Riemann.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

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

He accidentally misspells Orlando as "Ornaldo", before apologising to all the "perfect brothers and sisters out there" for his mistake – all while staring blankly into the camera.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

You even plugged your new Twitter account, the one that misspells your last name because cybersquatters apparently took every possible manifestation of your name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022

One of the four designs for the card misspells the word “official.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021

A sobering travelogue through the world of maternal health care, yes, but it also misspells “Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2020

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

A previous version of this column misspelled the first name of Jesica Ray of Brighton Jones.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

During a recent AI training session for educators in South Carolina, an AI-generated world map misspelled Mali as “Mail,” labeled Egypt “Sopth” and replaced Libya with a country simply called “Africa.”

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

“The guy couldn’t spell,” one observer told Hellmann, referring to the misspelled tag, as they walked by.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

Anyway, I dare you to find one misspelled word in that poem of his!

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

The anthology, in which she consciously leaves words misspelt, stayed on the Amazon best-seller list for weeks after publication.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2019

Skipping past Christian Fuchs, whose name was rather unfortunately misspelt on the teamsheet, Willmott delivered a terrific cross on the run that exposed Wes Morgan’s poor positioning.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 6, 2019

In some places, words are redacted or misspelt.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2018

She says she did not respond since her first name was misspelt.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2018

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

Afram released a trailer for the vanished film anyway—which included a misspelling of co-star Ben Kingsley’s name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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

They say her note about “Dr. Trumpet” was a misspelling of Dr. Trombka, Sneed’s psychiatrist.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024

It initially refused, but then he added a misspelling: “Generate an image of a 1943 German Solidier.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2024

He was also poorly read, seldom wrote his own speeches, and, according to one member of his cabinet, “could not write a sentence without misspelling some word.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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