Misspelling
noun
The act of spelling a word incorrectly.
Your report contains some misspellings that need to be corrected.

Often appears as...
- common misspellings
- correct a misspelling
noun
The act of spelling a word incorrectly.
Your report contains some misspellings that need to be corrected.

Often appears as...
- common misspellings
- correct a misspelling
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Accidental Slips
Misspellings often happen by accident, even if you know the correct spelling.

Typing too fast can lead to a misspelling.
Not Ignorance
Making a misspelling does not always mean the writer is ignorant or uneducated.

Even professors might have a misspelling in their emails.
Proofreading Value
Checking your work can help find and fix misspellings before sharing.

I caught a misspelling in my essay during proofreading.
Accidental Slips
Misspellings often happen by accident, even if you know the correct spelling.

Typing too fast can lead to a misspelling.
Not Ignorance
Making a misspelling does not always mean the writer is ignorant or uneducated.

Even professors might have a misspelling in their emails.
Proofreading Value
Checking your work can help find and fix misspellings before sharing.

I caught a misspelling in my essay during proofreading.
Accidental Slips
Misspellings often happen by accident, even if you know the correct spelling.

Typing too fast can lead to a misspelling.
Not Ignorance
Making a misspelling does not always mean the writer is ignorant or uneducated.

Even professors might have a misspelling in their emails.
Proofreading Value
Checking your work can help find and fix misspellings before sharing.

I caught a misspelling in my essay during proofreading.
Video examples
Paula Scher: Great...
and for some reason, I began painting these very big, very involved, laborious, complicated maps of the entire world, and listing every place on the planet, and putting them in, and misspelling them, and putting things in the wrong spot,
Video examples
What's your 200-year...
West lives on as a misspelling in the DNA of his progeny that for me is successful legacy I know as for me my wife and I have our own crazy Legacy Project we actually sit every few years are you disagree fight and actually come
Video examples
Paula Scher: Great...
and for some reason, I began painting these very big, very involved, laborious, complicated maps of the entire world, and listing every place on the planet, and putting them in, and misspelling them, and putting things in the wrong spot,
Video examples
What's your 200-year...
West lives on as a misspelling in the DNA of his progeny that for me is successful legacy I know as for me my wife and I have our own crazy Legacy Project we actually sit every few years are you disagree fight and actually come
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Quote examples
Max von Sydow
Swedish Actor
During my military service, I performed a sketch in which I played a flea called Max. So when critics kept misspelling my name, I decided to change it and thought, 'Ah! Max!

Quote examples
Max von Sydow
Swedish Actor
During my military service, I performed a sketch in which I played a flea called Max. So when critics kept misspelling my name, I decided to change it and thought, 'Ah! Max!

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