misspelling Definition
mis·spell·ing (-spel′iŋ)
noun
(an) incorrect spelling
misspelling Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- name: The cover notes tells of misspellings of the artists name on the label of the 45.
- word: The tests specifically look for problems in the phonetic area, and the misspelling of basic sight words.
Converse of object
- correct: The 2001 DVD release corrects the misspelling of Martine Beswick's name in the credits.
- include: You may want to include any popular misspellings of keywords.
- contain: Correction The intimation for the death of Valerie Clark in last month's Contact contained a misspelling of her name.
- register: Some people even register common misspellings of their company's name.
- find: As you find misspellings, use the Comments and Corrections feature where it is available to submit corrections or alternate spellings.
- use: Search Spell uses actual misspellings entered into the search engines.
Preposition: in
- content: This is helpful for finding more accurate results when there are frequent misspellings in the content.
- document: Errors creep in through misspellings in original documents and the indexing process.
Adjective modifier
- frequent: Work with frequent misspellings or inconsistent use of conventions, will be marked down.
- common: Some people even register common misspellings of their company's name.
- deliberate: Peter is also responsible for the Millenium Project ( deliberate misspelling - explanation on the opening page ) which further debunks more www lunacy.
- slight: Disruptions in adult readers ' eye movements indicate that the visual system tends to catch the slightest misspelling.
- consistent: This includes extensive considerations for deleting mail, detecting shared files on a filesystem, and ` common peculiarities ' like consistent misspellings.
- obvious: That was an OBVIOUS misspelling the first time ( which I didn't mention ).
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near misspelling
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