verb
- spells (a word) incorrectly
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘misspell’
Examples
- She often misspells difficult words on her essays.
- The student misspells ‘receive’ as ‘recieve’ every time.
- He misspells my name in every email he sends.
- The sign misspells the restaurant’s specialty dish.
- My autocorrect sometimes misspells words I intended to type correctly.
- The child misspells simple words because she’s still learning.