Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of miswrite
nounmiswriting (plural miswritings)
plural miswritings
- countableA miswritten word.
Near-synonyms: slip of the pen, lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ; writo; typo; misprint
1 more example
The form mrkws of the Istanbul manuscript is certainly a miswriting of a spelling variant of jārkūn.
On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs
2020, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 191 (fol. 18v,3), page 377Synonyms: slip of the pen, lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ, writo, typo, misprint
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA miswritten word.
Translations
Finnish kirjoitusvirhe
- kirjoitusvirheA miswritten word
German Verschreibung
- VerschreibungA miswritten word
Polish literówka
- literówkaA miswritten word
Swedish felskrivning
- felskrivningA miswritten word
Cite this entry
APA
miswriting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miswriting
MLA
“miswriting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miswriting. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miswriting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miswriting.
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