miswrite

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/mɪsˈɹaɪt//ˈmɪsɹaɪt/

verb

To write incorrectly.

OriginMiddle English miswriten ← Old English miswrītan →
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Meanings

verbmiswrite (third-person singular simple present miswrites, present participle miswriting, simple past miswrote, past participle miswritten)

present singular third person miswrites · participle present miswriting · past miswrote · participle past miswritten

  1. transitiveTo write incorrectly.

    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.

nounmiswrite (plural miswrites)

plural miswrites

  1. computingA failed write operation.

    Line fluctuations can cause misreads and miswrites.

    1983, Lawrence Calmus, The business guide to small computers, page 143

Origin

  1. Old Englishmiswrītan
  2. Middle Englishmiswriten
  3. Englishmiswrite

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

miswrite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miswrite

MLA

“miswrite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miswrite. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miswrite,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miswrite.

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