misspell
verb
mis·spell
ˌmis-ˈspel 
misspelled; misspelling; misspells
: to spell incorrectly
The name of the town was misspelled on the map.
Examples of misspell in a Sentence
The name of the town had been misspelled on the map.
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The headline on a previous version of this article misspelled the skier’s last name.
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Dennis Romero, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
Editor’s note: A previous version of this story misspelled the last name of Walmart CEO Doug McMillon.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
Starbucks order for ‘Air-Inn’ Remember when the Starbucks barista would strangely misspell even the most common names in large black ink on the coffee cups?
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of vote.org’s CEO.
—Trymaine Lee, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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Dennis Romero, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
Editor’s note: A previous version of this story misspelled the last name of Walmart CEO Doug McMillon.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
Starbucks order for ‘Air-Inn’ Remember when the Starbucks barista would strangely misspell even the most common names in large black ink on the coffee cups?
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of vote.org’s CEO.
—Trymaine Lee, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Misspell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misspell. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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misspell
verb
mis·spell
(ˈ)mis-ˈspel
: to spell incorrectly
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