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misspell en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /mɪsˈspɛl/
  • mĭs-spĕlʹ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English spell English misspell From mis- + spell.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To spell incorrectly.
    • I think they misspelled "crab" on the menu, because it says "crap soup".

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
misspelled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misspelled Tense=Past lexicographic
misspelt Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
misspelt Tense=Past lexicographic
misspelling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mis-spell alternative lexicographic
misspells Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

misspeller · misspellable

Translations (27)

de falsch buchstabieren (to spell incorrectly) · cmn 拼錯 /拼错 (to spell incorrectly) · es mal / malamente deletrear / escribir (to spell incorrectly) · ru де́лать орфографи́ческие оши́бки (to spell incorrectly) · da stave forkert (to spell incorrectly) · de falsch schreiben (to spell incorrectly) · fa غلط نوشتن (to spell incorrectly) · sv felstava (to spell incorrectly) · mi tuhi hē (to spell incorrectly) · ru орфографи́чески непра́вильно писа́ть (to spell incorrectly) · it scrivere male (to spell incorrectly) · fr mal écrire (to spell incorrectly) · eo misliterumi (to spell incorrectly) · gv mee-lettyr (to spell incorrectly) · ja つづりを間違う (to spell incorrectly) · hu elír (to spell incorrectly) · bg неправилно пиша (to spell incorrectly) · cy camsillafu (to spell incorrectly) · nl misspellen (to spell incorrectly) · ar أَخْطَأَ اَلتَّهْجِئَة (to spell incorrectly) · fr mal orthographier (to spell incorrectly) · he שגה באיות (to spell incorrectly) · es deletrear / escribir mal / malamente (to spell incorrectly) · sv stava fel (to spell incorrectly) · fi kirjoittaa väärin (to spell incorrectly) · pt escrever errado (to spell incorrectly) · nl verkeerd spellen (to spell incorrectly)