Example sentences for: misspelled

How can you use “misspelled” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Swop, the misspelled form of swap has become so widely used that it is now accepted as a standard variant by most dictionaries.

  • Prouder, in fact, now than when we published it, because nearly two weeks later everyone who could take a shot at it has, and so far I can see that I've misspelled one name, screwed up one sequence (the Journal decided not to wait for comment from the White House on its incorrect steward-witness story after hearing the White House wanted a half-hour to comment, not before), and included two or three gratuitous adjectives that I now wouldn't.

  • Anything the editor doesn't catch, the checker does, from misspelled names to lapses in logic that only a fresh set of eyes can recognize.

  • One group of typographical errors is much more serious than a single misspelled word.

  • John Ayto, editor of the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Word Origins , reviewed elsewhere in this issue, will not be happy to see his name misspelled “Ayton.”


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