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MISSPELL (misspelt)
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Irregular inflected form: misspelt
Dictionary entry overview: What does misspell mean?
• MISSPELL (verb)
The verb MISSPELL has 1 sense:
1. spell incorrectly
Familiarity information: MISSPELL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they misspell ... he / she / it misspells
Past simple: misspelled / misspelt
Past participle: misspelled / misspelt
-ing form: misspelling
... he / she / it misspells Past simple: misspelled
/ misspelt Past participle: misspelled
/ misspelt -ing form: misspelling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spell incorrectly
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "misspell" is one way to...):
spell; spell out (orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
misspelling (a spelling that is incorrect)
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