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misspelt

/mɪsˈspɛlt/

misspelt is the simple past and past participle 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 misspelt

alternative formmisspelled

Origin of misspelt

From mis- + spelt.

Questions about misspelt

What is misspelt the simple past and past participle of?
Misspelt is the simple past and past participle of misspell.
How do you pronounce misspelt?
Misspelt is pronounced /mɪsˈspɛlt/.

Words near misspelt in the dictionary

  1. misspelling
  2. misspellingly
  3. misspellings
  4. misspells
  5. misspellt
  6. misspelt
  7. misspend
  8. misspender
  9. misspenders
  10. misspendest
  11. misspendeth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misspelt (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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