Meanings
plural misspellings · alternative mis-spelling · alternative mispelling
- countableA misspelled word.
Accomodation is a common misspelling of accommodation.
1 more example
My own Chinese name might conceivably be written in no fewer than four different ways in Unicode: 井作恆, 井作恒, 丼作恆, and 丼作恒. I would personally consider all but the first misspellings, just as I would the spelling of my English name as Jon Jenkins or John Jenkyns.
2005 September, John H. Jenkins, The Dao of Unihan, International & Text Group, Apple Computer, Inc.Synonyms: heterography
alternative mis-spelling · alternative mispelling
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of misspell
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA misspelled word.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 錯別字 /错别字
- 錯別字 /错别字 (cuòbiézì)misspelled word
Danish stavefejl
- stavefejlmisspelled word
Dutch spelfout, spellingsfout
- spelfoutmisspelled word
- spellingsfoutmisspelled word
Finnish kirjoitusvirhe
- kirjoitusvirhemisspelled word
French faute d'orthographe
- faute d'orthographemisspelled word
German Rechtschreibfehler, Schreibfehler
- Rechtschreibfehlermisspelled word
- Schreibfehlermisspelled word
- Falschschreibungmisspelled word
- Fehlschreibungmisspelled word
Greek ανορθογραφία, ανορθογράφημα
- ανορθογραφία (anorthografía)misspelled word
- ανορθογράφημα (anorthográfima)misspelled word
Hebrew שגיאת כתיב
- שגיאת כתיב (shgiat ktiv)misspelled word
Hungarian elírás, elgépelés
- elírásmisspelled word
- elgépelésmisspelled word
- helyesírási hiba (typo)misspelled word
- hibás írásmódú alakmisspelled word
Italian errore di scrittura, errore ortografico
- errore di scritturamisspelled word
- errore ortograficomisspelled word
- errore d'ortografiamisspelled word
Japanese スペルミス
- スペルミス (superu-misu)misspelled word
Latvian pareizrakstības kļūda, pārrakstīšanās
- pareizrakstības kļūdamisspelled word
- pārrakstīšanāsmisspelled word
Norwegian Bokmål stavefeil
- stavefeilmisspelled word
Persian غلط املایی
- غلط املایی (ġalat-e emlâyi)misspelled word
Polish błąd ortograficzny, byk
- błąd ortograficznymisspelled word
- bykmisspelled word
Portuguese erro ortográfico
- erro ortográficomisspelled word
Russian орфографи́ческая оши́бка, опи́ска
- орфографи́ческая оши́бка (orfografíčeskaja ošíbka)misspelled word
- опи́ска (opíska)misspelled word
- опеча́тка (opečátka)misspelled word
Spanish falta ortográfica, error ortográfico
- falta ortográficamisspelled word
- error ortográficomisspelled word
- deletreo/espeleo erróneo/errado/equivocadomisspelled word
- grafía errónea/errada/equivocadamisspelled word
Swedish stavfel
- stavfelmisspelled word
Turkish imla hatası, yazım hatası
- imla hatasımisspelled word
- yazım hatasımisspelled word
Cite this entry
misspelling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misspelling
“misspelling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misspelling. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misspelling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misspelling.
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