How to Use misspell in a Sentence

misspell

verb

• The name of the town had been misspelled on the map.
• The fit was too snug and the brand’s name was misspelled on the label.
  — Suzanne Kapner, WSJ, 25 June 2019
• When John’s misspelled name tag brought her all the joy in the world.
  — Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE.com, 21 May 2018
• Left me a note with my name misspelled and a huge pot of moro.
  — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Some bills misspelled the name of the colony, or state, of Pennsylvania.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 29 July 2023
• The article also misspelled the first name of one of the suspects.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2023
• Yep, the Redskins misspelled the name of their own Ring of Honor inductee.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2019
• His name is sometimes misspelled Eviel, Evialt and even Evill.
  — Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, 25 Apr. 2020
• If all spellers misspell a word, a new round begins and all get to compete.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
• The only problem was that 9-year-old LeBron James’s name was misspelled in print.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 1 July 2018
• The spelling of Roger Martella’s name was misspelled in the original version of the story and has been fixed.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
• An article on Thursday about the winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry misspelled the name of a chemist.
  — New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• That means voters can misspell his name without penalty — up to a point.
  — Alan Suderman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
• An interview on Page 11 this weekend with Robert Downey Jr. misspells the title of a film.
  — New York Times, 16 July 2023
• In some editions, her surname was misspelled as Yousef.
  — WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
• The story also misspelled the name of a witness, Dr. Judy Melinek, in one reference.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2018
• The mining company was named after the local glacier, but misspelled the name.
  — Tom Kizzia, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2018
• Paul Krugman’s column on Tuesday misspelled the surname of a talk-show host.
  — New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• And a picture caption with the obituary misspelled the name of the capital of Kosovo.
  — New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• Her name was misspelled in an earlier version of the story.
  — Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• Guthrie also took to Instagram to share screenshots of the fake handbooks for sale, and pointed out that her name was even misspelled on one of them.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
• The first is that there are best practices to identify when someone has sent explosives through the mail, like when names are misspelled.
  — Alex Ward, Vox, 26 Oct. 2018
• On it, her name is misspelled as Sabreena Carpunder, echoing the misspelling of Happy Birthday on the wizard’s cake.
  — Tomás Mier, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2019
• Headstones contain partial or misspelled names, wrong dates of death, and missing birth dates.
  — Jeff Gammage, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
• Saffo contacted The Star to say that the story had misspelled Spade's childhood nickname, Katy.
  — Eric Adler, kansascity, 5 June 2018
• Note: This story previously misspelled the name of the toddler wounded by the stray bullet.
  — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2018
• The sign, however, misspelled Ukrainian and was widely mocked.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 4 Dec. 2019
• The spelling is considered to be the fifteenth most misspelled name, with 22 re-directory words in Wikipedia.
  — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 17 Apr. 2020
• Staying on the subject of high standards, the president misspelled the name of his defense secretary in a tweet on Sunday.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN, 21 Oct. 2019
• And apologies to Anand Giridharadas for misspelling his name yesterday.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 12 June 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024