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Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Red flags for potential scams include calls or texts from out-of-state area codes, or documents featuring incorrect logos, suspicious formatting or misspellings.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Species names and sales terms vary across regions, with sellers often using local dialects, slang, or even misspellings to avoid detection.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Linguistic fluency decreases with more severe misspellings, resulting in more negative responses.
—Annika Abell, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2025
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Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Red flags for potential scams include calls or texts from out-of-state area codes, or documents featuring incorrect logos, suspicious formatting or misspellings.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Species names and sales terms vary across regions, with sellers often using local dialects, slang, or even misspellings to avoid detection.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Linguistic fluency decreases with more severe misspellings, resulting in more negative responses.
—Annika Abell, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for misspelling
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“Misspelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misspelling. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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misspelling
noun
mis·spell·ing
(ˈ)mis-ˈspel-iŋ 
: an incorrect spelling
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