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[ mis-spel-ing ] / mɪsˈspɛl ɪŋ /
nounthe act of spelling incorrectly: Note his misspelling of that word. an incorrectly spelled word: You have three misspellings in your letter. Origin of misspellingFirst recorded in 1685–95; mis-1 + spelling Words nearby misspellingMissouri River, missout, miss out on, misspeak, misspell, misspelling, misspend, misspent, misstate, misstep, miss the boat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for misspellingThe yellow property Marvin Gardens is actually a misspelling of the Marven Gardens. Fidel Castro Hates Monopoly & 12 More Reasons to Love It|Caroline Linton|February 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST How scrupulously timid he would be of misspelling the gentleman's name, or misplacing an accent over it! Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II)|Charles James Lever The misspelling, which was intentional, was an intimation to Lamb that the letter was not to be opened. Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. II (of 2)|Samuel Taylor Coleridge Doubtfire is a misspelling of Dout-fire, from the dialect dout, to extinguish (do out), formed like don and doff. The Romance of Names|Ernest Weekley
Lastly, there remains the ingenious solution that the phrase as commonly employed involves a misspelling. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 19th, 1914|Various Misspelling in quoted matter (journal entries, correspondence, etc.) is preserved as printed. The Admiral|Douglas Sladen
British Dictionary definitions for misspellingCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to misspellingmiswrite, misprint, miscopy, vitiate |