mis-spell

English

Verb

mis-spell (third-person singular simple present mis-spells, present participle mis-spelling, simple past and past participle mis-spelled or mis-spelt)

  1. Alternative form of misspell.
    • 2005 March, Jason Walsh, “Mac Attack”, in Martyn Carroll, editor, Retro Gamer, number 11, Champlain, N.Y.: Live Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32, column 2:
      He [Jef Raskin] named it Macintosh after his favourite variety of tree-grown Apple, the McIntosh. Some claim he mis-spelt the name, for his part Raskin states that he changed the spelling to avoid confusion with the hi-fi equipment manufacturer.
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