misspellingn.
/ˌmɪsˈspɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɪ(s)ˈspɛlɪŋ/ Bad or incorrect spelling; an instance of this.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > error in written mode > error in spelling
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1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xviii. 125 Har-den, wri-ten, for harden, writen, two syllabs by misspelling for, two monosyllabs in natur.
1695–6 Act 7 & 8 Will. III c. 3 §9 That noe Indictment..shall bee quashed..for miswriting mispelling false..Latine.
1731 Gentleman's Mag. 1 213 Mis-spelling or Mistake of Clerkship.
1807 Monthly Mag. 24 550 Why was it called a bubble-boy? Probably the word is a misspelling for bauble-buoy, a support for baubles.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. Prel. 21 The misspellings of English names in his work are more gross than even those in Domesday.
1898 G. Gissing Town Trav. xxv Mis-spelling, he knew, would invalidate his chance.
1920 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Apr. 209/3 He is no pedant, as can be seen in a moment from the many remarkable misspellings in these pages.
1990 Times Educ. Suppl. 26 Oct. (Review section) 22/1 ‘TERY’ carefully picked out his name for me on his plastic communication board. The misspelling was intentional—it was quicker.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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