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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

The only exception comes if they misspell back-to-back, in which case the bee continues.

From Seattle Times Apr. 30, 2019

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

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

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

For example, he couldn’t tell you my current job and still misspells my primary school age kid’s name, and my kid’s name has four letters.

From Slate Mar. 21, 2021

The list, which Wilkes testified he presented to Clippers consultant Jerry West during lunch in Beverly Hills two weeks after Leonard signed, misspells Wilkes’ last name and erroneously refers to Leonard as “Kawi.”

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2021

It misspells the last name of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and addresses him with the wrong title, as well as misspelling the name of the interior minister.

From Washington Post Nov. 27, 2018

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

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

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

Think of the number of times you have misspelled something, or said the wrong word, and still been understood.

From Science Daily May 22, 2026

May 4, 2026An earlier version of this article misspelled Alanna O’Reilly’s name as Illana O’Reiley.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

“I told them my name was Keto. They misspelled it as Kate. My brother...well, now he’s Porky.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Cobain, who often misspelt his own name, signed the instrument "Kurdt Kobain".

From BBC May 21, 2023

Workmen have been mocked online after a photo of a misspelt road marking in Scarborough went viral.

From BBC Jan. 15, 2023

In some places, words are redacted or misspelt.

From The Guardian Dec. 13, 2018

Xavier Jugelé must have told me his name three times and I had misspelt it each time.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2017

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

But in another instance, Epstein was critical of misspelling.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 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

“Bragging about acing a cognitive test while forgetting the name of the doctor who gave it to you is like writing on a résumé that you speak three languages and misspelling the word ‘languages.’”

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2024

She found another typo in Griswold’s: exsessively—a misspelling she had missed all the previous times she’d pored over this story.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman



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