Misspell
/ˌmɪsˈspɛl/noun
To spell a word incorrectly.
Did you know?The first element, mis-, is the same ancient Germanic “wrongly” prefix found in words like mistake and mislead, while spell originally meant “to tell or read out letters,” not magic.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
spellian
“to tell, speak, or recite”
Old English
OE
mis-
“wrongly, badly, amiss”
Middle English
ME
misspellen
“to spell incorrectly”
16th Century
English
misspell
“to write or arrange letters incorrectly”
Modern English
English
misspell
“to spell a word incorrectly”