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mis-spell

mis-spell is the alternative form of misspell.

Meaning of misspell

Verb

misspell (third-person singular simple present misspells, present participle misspelling, simple past and past participle misspelt or misspelled)

  1. (transitive) To spell incorrectly.
    • I think they misspelled "crab" on the menu, because it says "crap soup".

Forms of mis-spell

third-person singular presentmis-spells
present participlemis-spelling
past participlemis-spelled
pastmis-spelled
past participlemis-spelt
pastmis-spelt

Questions about mis-spell

What is mis-spell the alternative form of?
Mis-spell is the alternative form of misspell.

Words near mis-spell in the dictionary

  1. mis-shunts
  2. mis-sing
  3. mis-singing
  4. mis-sings
  5. mis-sold
  6. mis-spell
  7. mis-spelled
  8. mis-spelling
  9. mis-spellings
  10. mis-spells
  11. mis-spelt

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mis-spell (page history and authors); misspell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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