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Definition of Misspells
1. misspell [v] - See also: misspell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misspells
Literary usage of Misspells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Education Applied to Practice by Wallace Franklin Jones (1911)
"which he never misspells, and which he could hardly misspell without an effort.
It is evidently a waste of his time to study the spelling of such words. ..."
2. How to Measure in Education by William Anderson McCall (1922)
"This could be checked up further by an analysis of his spelling, to see to what
extent he spells short words correctly, but misspells longer words. ..."
3. The Mechanics of Writing: A Compendium of Rules Regarding Manuscript by Edwin Campbell Woolley (1909)
"I observe that he misspells many common words for example similar ... His spelling
is very defective for example he habitually misspells principal, lose, ..."
4. Commercial Tests and how to Use Them by Sherwin Cody (1919)
"The fallacy in such figuring is shown by comparing the case of the boy or girl
who misspells 25 out of 50 words on the first test, with the one of the boy ..."
5. The Aldine Speller by Catherine Turner Bryce, Frank J. Sherman (1916)
"If a pupil misspells a word, give him the number of the family in which the word
occurs. ... The child hesitates or misspells the word. Give him number 3. ..."
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