misspell
verb
mis·spell
ˌmis-ˈspel 
misspelled; misspelling; misspells
: to spell incorrectly
The name of the town was misspelled on the map.
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The name of the town had been misspelled on the map.
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Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled the last name of Valerie Mack.
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Sabrina Souza, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
While the company had guardrails to avoid generating images of real people, misspelling Swift's name was enough to bypass them.
—Arvind Narayanan, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
The school could also include distance learners according to the document, which in one instance misspelled Bastrop as Bastop.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
The headline on a previous version of this article misspelled the skier’s last name.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Sabrina Souza, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
While the company had guardrails to avoid generating images of real people, misspelling Swift's name was enough to bypass them.
—Arvind Narayanan, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2024
The school could also include distance learners according to the document, which in one instance misspelled Bastrop as Bastop.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
The headline on a previous version of this article misspelled the skier’s last name.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Misspell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misspell. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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misspell
verb
mis·spell
(ˈ)mis-ˈspel
: to spell incorrectly
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