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miswrite

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmɪsɹaɪt/
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  • /mɪsˈɹaɪt/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A failed write operation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To write incorrectly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • 1844, Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in Perspectives in American Literature by Paul P. Reuben, [...] but we lose ever and anon a word, or a verse, and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English miswriten, from Old English miswrītan, misƿrītan (“to write incorrectly; make a mistake in writing; miswrite”), equivalent to mis- + write.