misspelling
Noun

misspelling (plural misspellings)

  1. (countable) A misspelt word.
    “Accomodation” is a common misspelling of “accommodation”.
    • 2005 September, John H. Jenkins, The Dao of Unihan, International & Text Group, Apple Computer, Inc.:
      My own Chinese name might conceivably be written in no fewer than four different ways in Unicode: 井作恆, 井作恒, 丼作恆, and 丼作恒. I would personally consider all but the first misspellings, just as I would the spelling of my English name as Jon Jenkins or John Jenkyns.
Synonyms Translations
  • French: faute d'orthographe
  • German: Rechtschreibfehler, Schreibfehler, Falschschreibung, Fehlschreibung, falsche Schreibung, Rechtschreibverstoß
  • Italian: errore di scrittura, errore ortografico, errore di
  • Portuguese: erro ortográfico
  • Russian: орфографи́ческая оши́бка
  • Spanish: falta de ortografía, deletreo erróneo
Verb
  1. present participle of misspell#English|misspell



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