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10 Language-to-English DictionariesMisspelling
/ˌmɪsˈpɛl.ɪŋ/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An incorrect or erroneous way of spelling a word.
"The word 'definately' is a common misspelling of 'definitely'." - 2
A mistake made in the spelling of a word.
"The teacher marked the misspelling in the student's essay."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'misspelling' is a compound word formed from the prefix 'mis-', meaning 'wrongly' or 'badly', and the word 'spelling', which comes from the Old French 'espelling', derived from the Latin 'spelling', meaning 'to spell out'. The concept has evolved to denote an incorrect arrangement of letters in a word.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Misspelling" is said worldwide
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fausse orthographe
Transliteration: fo-s orth-o-graf
"L'erreur dans le mot était une fausse orthographe."
falsche Schreibweise
Transliteration: fal-she shraib-vai-ze
"Der Fehler im Wort war eine falsche Schreibweise."
errore di ortografia
Transliteration: er-ro-re di or-to-gra-fia
"L'errore nel termine era un errore di ortografia."
error de ortografía
Transliteration: e-ror de or-to-gra-fi-a
"El error en la palabra fue un error de ortografía."
erro de ortografia
Transliteration: e-ro de or-to-gra-fi-a
"O erro na palavra foi um erro de ortografia."
गलत वर्तनी
Transliteration: galat vartani
"शब्द में गलती एक गलत वर्तनी थी।"
拼写错误
Transliteration: pīnxiě cuòwù
"这个词的错误是一个拼写错误。"
잘못된 철자
Transliteration: jalmosdoen cheolja
"그 단어의 오류는 잘못된 철자였습니다."
誤字
Transliteration: goji
"その単語の誤りは誤字でした。"
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