misspell
/mɪsˈspɛl/
misspell verb: to spell incorrectly.
Verb
misspell (third-person singular simple present misspells, present participle misspelling, simple past and past participle misspelt or misspelled)
- To spell incorrectly.
- I think they misspelled "crab" on the menu, because it says "crap soup".
misspell meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
misspell in Tamil
- சொல்லுக்குத் தவறாக எழுத்துக்கூட்டு, சொல்லைத் தவறாக எழுது, எழுத்துப்பிழை செய்
misspell in Urdu
- ہجہ کی غلطی کرنا
misspell in Bengali
- ভুল বানান করা
misspell in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪುಬರೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- misspell in Arabic
- أَخْطَأَ اَلتَّهْجِئَة ʔaḵṭaʔa t-tahjiʔa
- misspell in Persian
- غلط نوشتن ġalat neveštan
Examples of misspell in a sentence
- The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word.
- For my trouble, they sent me a form letter with my name misspelled.
- The ransom letter contained many misspelled words.
Forms of misspell
| third-person singular present | misspells |
|---|---|
| present participle | misspelling |
| past participle | misspelt |
| past | misspelt |
| past participle | misspelled |
| past | misspelled |
| alternative form | mis-spell |
Origin of misspell
From mis- + spell.
Words formed from misspell
Words that rhyme with misspell
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hell
- hotel
- repel
- smell
- cartel
- dell
- pell
- quell
- as well
- au naturel
- dwell
- expel
- fell
- gel
- La Rochelle
- lol
- oversell
- stell
- wel
- ABDL
- dispel
- ell
- kell
- knell
- mell
- personnel
- quenelle
- snell
- undersell
- yell
- belle
- death knell
- del
- farewell
- flotel
- foretell
- gazelle
- impel
- mademoiselle
- marcel
- mel
- morell
- Moselle
- motel
- NFL
- overswell
- propel
- pucelle
Questions about misspell
- What does misspell mean?
- Misspell means to spell incorrectly.
- What is misspell in Tamil?
- Misspell in Tamil is சொல்லுக்குத் தவறாக எழுத்துக்கூட்டு, சொல்லைத் தவறாக எழுது, எழுத்துப்பிழை செய். See Misspell meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is misspell?
- Misspell is a verb.
- How do you pronounce misspell?
- Misspell is pronounced /mɪsˈspɛl/.
- What is the past tense of misspell?
- The past tense of misspell is misspelt.
Words near misspell in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: misspell (page history and authors); misspell (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misspell (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misspell (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misspell (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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