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# misspell

«misspell» in Mova's school dictionary: **to spell it wrongly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (misspell, misspells, misspelled or misspelt, misspelling)

### meaning for a pupil

To misspell a word is to spell it wrongly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misspell/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons, pupils check their work for misspelled words; spelling tests and spell-checkers find them. A common joke: "misspell" is itself often misspelled.

### examples

- I misspelled "necessary" in my test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misspell/#x1)
- Don't misspell your own name! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misspell/#x2)
- The sign misspelled "restaurant". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misspell/#x3)
- The spell-checker underlines misspelled words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misspell/#x4)
- She often misspells "because". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misspell/#x5)
- Check your work for misspellings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misspell/#x6)

### note

Double s: mis + spell = misspell. Past: misspelled (American and British) or misspelt (British). Noun: misspelling. Common trap: writing "mispell".

### In the corpora

- [Signs and adverts sometimes misspell words on purpose for effect; that does not make the spelling correct.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/8-endings-that-sound-like-shun/25/)
- [Adding a prefix never changes the spelling of the root word: dis + appear = disappear; mis + spell = misspell.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/13/)
- [mis- means wrongly: misread, misspell, misbehave.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/18/)
- [Many come from Latin, Greek or French, and grown-ups misspell them too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/14-words-to-know-years-5-6/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «misspell» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/misspell/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.