misspell

[ mis-spel ]

verb (used with or without object)

, mis·spelled or mis·spelt, mis·spell·ing.

1. to spell incorrectly.

misspell

/ ˌmɪsˈspɛl /

verb

1. to spell (a word or words) wrongly

Word History and Origins

Origin of misspell¹

First recorded in 1645–55; mis- ¹ + spell ¹

Example Sentences

An earlier version of this report misspelled the name of the Jamaican Gleaner newspaper.

From TechCrunch

It also means no need to focus on potential misspelled keywords.

From Search Engine Land

Introducing their Speller100, the Bing engineering team hopes to cut down on the number of incorrect search results that come from search AI misunderstanding misspelled queries.

From Search Engine Land

Keyboard controls are under Typing, and here you can enable options such Show text suggestions as I type and Autocorrect misspelled words as I type, as well as tell Windows to add a period after you double-tap the spacebar.

From Popular-Science

One in ten search queries are misspelled, according to Google.

From Search Engine Land

Ignore the fashion travesties and focus on that classic jingle that ensured no American would ever misspell “bologna” ever again.

From The Daily Beast

Keep a list of all the words you misspell, copying them several times in correct form.

From Project Gutenberg

Concentrate your effort upon a few words at a time—upon those words which you yourself actually misspell.

From Project Gutenberg

It frequently happens that a pupil will spell a word correctly on one test and misspell it on a following test.

From Project Gutenberg

Why should we continually misspell the words which we use every day and which we see every day on a printed page.

From Project Gutenberg

Isn't it wonderful beyond the circumference of belief, that a good speller and bad speller happened to misspell the same words?

From Project Gutenberg