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misspelled

misspelled

2.7
Written with the wrong letters by mistake
  • adjective
  • /ˌmɪsˈpɛld/
  • US
translation icon : mal escrito
  • Why are they misspelled like all the time, like comet with Aki?

Why are they misspelled like all the time, like comet with Aki?

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Examples

  • Two hours, right, Somebody already commented on one of the videos that you guys let me have a misspelled word up there for the entire class session.

  • We have gotten the official best Yu-gi-oh card ever for the sole fact that they misspelled the word Angel.

  • So then I can tell when things are misspelled or misset.

  • And I click on it and it's all these misspelled diabolically, like weird words in wrong places.

    Triggernometry

  • Look it up misspelled sweetie is sweaty.

  • Wait, Oh, in all you're saying, that's misspelled in all three of those, correct?

  • And what gene editing does is it finds a word that was misspelled, wipes it out and writes in the correct word.

  • OK, If there's like a misspelled word and I feel like it doesn't make a big difference, I like, but I'll see.

  • YOU STILL HAVE "PERIMETER" MISSPELLED.

    Warrior of the Lost World (1983)

  • The teacher pointed out several misspelled words in my essay.

Synonyms

erroneous
vsmisspelled
41 6.7

Not correct because of a mistake

is limited to mistakes in the letters of a word

How Accurate

correct
∞ 1.0
misspelled
  • US
2.7
wrong
2 1.0

Surface Forms

misspelled positive

Morphology

misspelled = misspell (transparent) = mis + spell + ed

The adjective is formed from the verb 'misspell' by adding the participial/adjectival suffix '-ed', and 'misspell' itself is a clear combination of 'mis-' (wrongly) + 'spell'.

Etymology

Misspelled begins with mis- meaning 'wrong' and the part spell means 'to write the letters of a word'. So, misspelled means 'written with the wrong letters', which is why teachers circle misspelled words.