misspell Definition
mis·spell (-spel′)
transitive verb, intransitive verb -·spelled′ or -·spelt′, -·spell′·ing
to spell incorrectly
misspell Usage Examples
Object
- word: Every time a student misspells a word, the next student in line takes to the stage.
- name: I've spent many hours looking for a missing closing bracket or a misspelled variable name.
- variable: Where Option Explicit helps your troubleshooting is where you misspell a variable later in the script.
- title: That's the misspelled title of the film you have there, not the Directors name.
- surname: I therefore am grateful to Professor Jacoby for pointing out that I misspelt the surname of the eminent medievalist, Hans Eberhard Mayer.
- item: They also need to learn that the first alternative spelling Word offers them for a misspelt item may not necessarily be the correct spelling.
Modifying Another Word
- commonly: The traffic tends to come from seedy places like domain names that have lapsed in payment or commonly misspelled domain entries.
- deliberately: For example, there is a developing phenomenon of deliberately misspelled names being registered either as trademarks or as domain names.
- frequently: These 605 are among the most frequently misspelled words in the English language.
- often: That millions of our high school graduates can barely read or write, and that common words are often misspelled on public signs.
- also: She also misspells from as form, which may have shown a sign of rushing or laziness.
- intentionally: Intentionally misspelled, it isn't until you hear it that you realize that Count Orlok was the name of the vampire in Nosferatu.
Preposition: in
dictionary: If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
Browse dictionary entries near misspell
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- ‹ Mississippi River
- ‹ Mississippi
- ‹ Mississauga
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