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How to use misspell in a sentence

17 example sentences · verb

Misspell means to spell incorrectly. Example: “I think they misspelled "crab" on the menu, because it says "crap soup".”

Examples of misspell by meaning

verbTo spell incorrectly.

  • I think they misspelled "crab" on the menu, because it says "crap soup".

More sentences with misspell

  • The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word.From the entry take off
  • For my trouble, they sent me a form letter with my name misspelled.From the entry form letter
  • The ransom letter contained many misspelled words.From the entry misspelled
  • You've misspelled "terrapin" here. —Whoops. Good spot.From the entry spot
  • My database lookup failed because I misspelled the word.From the entry lookup
  • The autocompletion of my name was misspelled.From the entry autocompletion
  • When Dan Quayle misspelled potato, the whole world mocked: ‘He can’t even spell potato!2018, Gyles Brandreth, “Spelling Is Big Potatoes”, in Have You Eaten Grandma? Or, the Life-Saving Importance of Correct Punctuation…. From the entry Quaylism
  • As befits a possible Grauniad editrix, the NUJ misspelt her name.2015 February 24, Patrick Kidd, “Guardian Angels Declare”, in The Times, page 11. From the entry Grauniad
  • A wordpool can contain big or small words, foreign words, misspelled words, anything your heart desires.2008, Brigid Lowry, Juicy Writing, →ISBN, page 58. From the entry wordpool
  • Did you know that March 14 is Pi Day (no, π is not misspelled).1997, Louise Bock, Susan Guengerich, Hope Martin, “March Celebrations”, in Multicultural Math Fun: Holidays around the Year, Portland…. From the entry Pi Day
  • Tienmu (usually misspelled ‘Tienmou’), is not exactly a renowned tourist attraction.1994 July, Robert Storey, “South-West Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 152…. From the entry Shihlin
  • No pupil who will syllabize and pronounce carefully will misspell such words as "accommodate" and "professor."1920, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, The Classical Journal, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, page…. From the entry syllabize
  • Trump misspelled Xi’s first name as “Xinping” in the first version of his tweet about China but later corrected it.2018 March 10, “Trump believes North Korea will keep word on missile tests”, in AP News, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2022. From the entry misspelled
  • Could it be the misspelled ethnic of a Caesarean?2018, “[Choziba (Wadi el-Kelt, mod. Deir Mar Jiryis) nos. 2849-3074] Burial cave with painted inscriptions nos. 2855-3074”, in Walter…. From the entry glossarium
  • There are repetitions and nonsequiturs, words missed or misinterpolated, place names misspelt, both grammar and typing falter, and there was a mastodon with multiple anuses.2006, Cambridge Anthropology - Volume 25, Issue 3, page 73. From the entry misinterpolate
  • Never having had her name in any paper, and therefore never having had it misspelled, she had no cause not to have confidence in the printed word.1907 October 20, Franklin P[ierce] Adams, “Miss Marguerite Cassidy’s Encyclopedia: The Laundry Girl’s Thirst for Knowledge and What Came…. From the entry headliney

Meaning of misspell

  1. verb To spell incorrectly.

Full definition of misspell

Questions about misspell in a sentence

How do you use misspell in a sentence?
Misspell is used as a verb. For example: “I think they misspelled "crab" on the menu, because it says "crap soup".”
What is a short sentence with misspell?
“The autocompletion of my name was misspelled.”
What does misspell mean?
Misspell means to spell incorrectly.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misspell (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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