misspelling
3
2.7
- noun
- /ˌmɪsˈpɛlɪŋ/
- I stood next to her and counted three misspellings before Forrest called us to follow him up the hill.
- misspellings and typos
- misspelling of a word
- misspellings and grammatical
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Watch on YouTubeSome people always say that is a misspelling of Asian.
- Some people always say that is a misspelling of Asian.
- Not in terms of formatting and, and, and, you know, misspellings, but just how the story's structured.
- So I'm going to tell you what they wrote and see if you can pick out the misspelling where there was an A where there shouldn't be an A.
- I had a position coach that would have like a dollar amount or a couple obvious misspellings in his notes.
- So it is no shock to me that every Trump sends out White House memos and posts on social media misspellings.
- There's it's not just him doing all the misspellings and the crazy shouting and the all caps like he's telling her and she's all in.
Examples
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Once this has been done, the copy must be proofed for errors and misspellings.
Academic text (1997) -
The teacher pointed out a misspelling in my report that I had not noticed.
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See if there are any more misspellings.
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It turns out that tutorials with an R is a very common misspelling of tutorials.
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When students consider edits, including misspellings or lack of punctuation, they can hear the mistakes out loud.
Academic text (2013) -
I'm sure it was an awkward letter, full of underlines, exclamations, and misspellings.
Fiction book (1996) -
The accuracy is surprising considering all of the misspellings and abbreviations seen in these workers' compensation claim narratives.
Academic text (2009) -
Unfortunately, their presentation is marred by numerous misspellings, grammatical errors, and unidiomatic uses of prepositions.
Academic text (2003) -
I am dumbfounded when I read some blogs with blatant misspellings and third-grade grammatical errors.
Blog text (15) -
During the quiz, I found one misspelling on the answer sheet.
Synonyms
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1.0
A wrong action or decision
49
2.3
A small mistake in typed or printed text, like a wrong letter
1
3.6
A small mistake made when you press the wrong key
Letters inside words are mixed but the text is still easy to read
Antonyms
How Serious
3
2.7
49
2.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Misspelling comes from the prefix mis-, which means 'wrong', and the verb spell, which means 'to write or say the letters of a word'. So a misspelling is simply a 'wrong' way of spelling a word, an incorrect spelling.