Misspeller

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who spells incorrectly.

    "We treat a misspelled word like a crime and penalize the misspeller severely; many teachers talk of making children develop a “spelling conscience,” and fail otherwise excellent papers because of a few spelling mistakes."

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"We treat a misspelled word like a crime and penalize the misspeller severely; many teachers talk of making children develop a “spelling conscience,” and fail otherwise excellent papers because of a few spelling mistakes."

Etymology

From misspell + -er.

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