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Misspelling

Misspelling \Mis*spell"ing\, n. A wrong spelling.

Misspelling

Misspell \Mis*spell"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misspelled, or Misspelt; p. pr. & vb. n. Misspelling.] To spell incorrectly.

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misspelling

n. (context countable English) A misspelt word. vb. (present participle of misspell English)

WordNet
misspelling

n. a spelling that is incorrect

Usage examples of "misspelling".

He went to a lot of trouble to design this entrance, yet he allowed the misspellings to remain.

I would then copy the page word for word myself, with the same misspellings and grammatical errors, make photocopies of both, and have Samas examine them.

At first, it let misspellings go and I just proofread each page as I turned it out.

You will find that it will pick up false misspellings to a smaller and smaller degree.

For a long time, it would mark off misspellings, and I would retype them correctly.

He was proud of his English - but simple misspellings will not convey the whistling, clicking Martian accent.

Because they could not put their names or be given credit, the scribes liked to parade themselves in other ways with flourishes, blots, curlicues, misspellings and other marks of distinction.

I read the note twice, my mind blank except for a clinical and bemused response to all the misspellings and run-on sentences.

William Ginser, foiled in his plan to number his paper with Roman numerals, was misspelling his words in some ornate style that bore a striking resemblance to German Blackletter.

The painted words are quem cremini, ‘in whom I believed,’ but the word should have been credidi, yet Saunière allowed the misspelling.

In places an ink eraser had been carefully used, and while there were no misspellings, the letters were large and childishly made, drawn rather than written.

He had known many men, Shepherd for instance, who were forever seeing omens and worrying about them - omens in a superior's handshake, in the misspelling of a name in an official document, in the seating arrangement of a banquet table, in a superior's asking for or offering a cigarette, in the tone of .

It didn't matter that there was no signature at the bottomLisa June recognized the bloated phrasing, the comical misspellings, the plodding run-on sentences.

It didn't matter that there was no signature at the bottom—Lisa June recognized the bloated phrasing, the comical misspellings, the plodding run-on sentences.