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misspellable

misspellable adjective: vulnerable to being misspelt.

Adjective

misspellable (comparative more misspellable, superlative most misspellable)

  1. (rare) Vulnerable to being misspelt.
    • For example: Evert Duyckinck, of the misspellable name.1972, Carl Bode, Midcentury America: Life in the 1850s, page 15

Forms of misspellable

comparativemore misspellable
superlativemost misspellable

Origin of misspellable

From misspell + -able. Attested since the 20th century.

Questions about misspellable

What does misspellable mean?
Misspellable means vulnerable to being misspelt.
What part of speech is misspellable?
Misspellable is an adjective.

Words near misspellable in the dictionary

  1. misspeech
  2. misspeed
  3. misspeeding
  4. misspeeds
  5. misspell
  6. misspellable
  7. misspelled
  8. misspeller
  9. misspellers
  10. misspelling
  11. misspellingly

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