MISSPELLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does misspelling mean? 

• MISSPELLING (noun)
  The noun MISSPELLING has 1 sense:

1. a spelling that is incorrect

  Familiarity information: MISSPELLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISSPELLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spelling that is incorrect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("misspelling" is a kind of...):

spelling (forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage)

Derivation:

misspell (spell incorrectly)

 Context examples 

These participants had 39% lower triglyceride levels, 22% higher HDL choles­terol levels, 16% lower LDL cholesterol levels, and 46% lower circulating APOC3 levels compared to participants who did not have any of these genetic misspellings.

(Rare mutations reduce heart disease risk, NIH)