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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
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 cholesĀterol 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)
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