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MISSPELL (misspelt)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected form: misspelt  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does misspell mean? 

MISSPELL (verb)
  The verb MISSPELL has 1 sense:

1. spell incorrectlyplay

  Familiarity information: MISSPELL used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MISSPELL (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they misspell  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it misspells  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: misspelled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation / misspelt  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: misspelled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation / misspelt  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: misspelling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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