spell wrongly

Frequency: 8.518.2 per million words

To write or name the letters of a word in an incorrect order.

wronglyVERB + wrongly

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spell

Examples (10)

  • He tends to spell words wrongly when he's tired.
  • Did I spell that name wrongly in the report?
  • Many children initially spell common words wrongly.
  • She was embarrassed because she had spelled his name wrongly.
  • It's easy to spell words wrongly if you don't know the rules.
  • The system will flag any word you spell wrongly.
  • Don't worry if you spell some words wrongly at first.
  • I often spell 'receive' wrongly with 'ei' instead of 'ie'.
  • He deliberately spelled the answer wrongly as a joke.
  • If you spell a technical term wrongly, it can cause confusion.