Misspell

//mɪsˈspɛl// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To spell incorrectly. transitive

    "I think they misspelled "crab" on the menu, because it says "crap soup"."

  2. 2
    spell incorrectly wordnet

Synonyms

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misapplymisconductmismanagemisplaymisprintmisquote

Example

More examples

"I don't want to misspell anything."

Etymology

From mis- + spell.

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