misspell

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ spell

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪsˈspɛl/

  Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

misspell (third-person singular simple present misspells, present participle misspelling, simple past and past participle misspelt or misspelled)

1. To spell incorrectly.

Translations

to spell incorrectly

Arabic: أخطأ التهجئة (ar) ('áxTa'a al-tahjí'a) Chinese: Mandarin: 拼錯 (cmn), 拼错 (cmn) (pīncuò) Danish: stave forkert (da) Dutch: misspellen (nl), verkeerd spellen (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kirjoittaa väärin French: mal orthographier (fr), mal écrire (fr) German: falsch buchstabieren (de)

Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: elír (hu) Italian: scrivere male (it) Japanese: つづりを間違う (ja) (tsuzuri-o machigau) Russian: орфографически неправильно писать (ru) (orfografíčeski neprávil’no pisát’), делать орфографические ошибки (ru) (délat’ orfografíčeskije ošíbki) Spanish: deletrear mal (es) Swedish: stava fel (sv)

References

• misspell in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• misspell in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913