misspelling

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Misspelling is the act of spelling a word incorrectly or a word that is not correctly spelled.

(noun)

  1. An example of misspelling is the spelling of kitchen as "citchen."
  2. An example of misspelling is calendar spelled as "colandor."

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See misspelling in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

(an) incorrect spelling

See misspelling in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The act or an instance of spelling incorrectly.
  2. A word spelled incorrectly.

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