noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:M IH0 S P EH1 L IH0 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Incorrect spelling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A misspelled word.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
Accomodation is a common misspelling of accommodation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heterography
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of misspell
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a spelling that is incorrect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spelling
History
Etymology
From mis- + spelling.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ուղղագրական սխալ
(uġġagrakan sxal)
— misspelled word
Armenian:
տառասխալ
(taṙasxal)
— misspelled word
Chinese Mandarin:
錯別字 /错别字
(cuòbiézì)
— misspelled word
Danish:
stavefejl
— misspelled word
Dutch:
spelfout
— misspelled word
Dutch:
spellingsfout
— misspelled word
Finnish:
kirjoitusvirhe
— misspelled word
French:
faute d'orthographe
— misspelled word
Galician:
gralla
— misspelled word
Galician:
errata
— misspelled word
Galician:
falta de ortografía
— misspelled word
Galician:
erro ortográfico
— misspelled word
German:
Rechtschreibfehler
— misspelled word
German:
Schreibfehler
— misspelled word
German:
Falschschreibung
— misspelled word
German:
Fehlschreibung
— misspelled word
Greek:
ανορθογραφία
(anorthografía)
— misspelled word
Greek:
ανορθογράφημα
(anorthográfima)
— misspelled word
Hebrew:
שגיאת כתיב
(shgiat ktiv)
— misspelled word
Hungarian:
elírás
— misspelled word
Hungarian:
elgépelés
— misspelled word
Hungarian:
helyesírási hiba (typo)
— misspelled word
Hungarian:
hibás írásmódú alak
— misspelled word
Italian:
errore di scrittura
— misspelled word
Italian:
errore ortografico
— misspelled word
Italian:
errore d'ortografia
— misspelled word
Japanese:
スペルミス
(superu-misu)
— misspelled word
Latvian:
pareizrakstības kļūda
— misspelled word
Latvian:
pārrakstīšanās
— misspelled word
Manx:
mee-lettraghey
— misspelled word
Norwegian Bokmål:
stavefeil
— misspelled word
Norwegian Nynorsk:
stavefeil
— misspelled word
Persian:
غلط املایی
(ġalat-e emlâyi)
— misspelled word
Polish:
błąd ortograficzny
— misspelled word
Polish:
byk
— misspelled word
Portuguese:
erro ortográfico
— misspelled word
Russian:
орфографи́ческая оши́бка
(orfografíčeskaja ošíbka)
— misspelled word
Russian:
опи́ска
(opíska)
— misspelled word
Russian:
опеча́тка
(opečátka)
— misspelled word
Spanish:
falta ortográfica
— misspelled word
Spanish:
error ortográfico
— misspelled word
Spanish:
deletreo/espeleo erróneo/errado/equivocado
— misspelled word
Spanish:
grafía errónea/errada/equivocada
— misspelled word