miswrite

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miswrite

  • /mɪsˈɹaɪt/
  • /ˈmɪsɹaɪt/

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From Middle English miswriten, from Old English miswrītan, misƿrītan (“to write incorrectly; make a mistake in writing; miswrite”), equivalent to mis- + write.

verb miswrites · miswriting · miswrote · miswritten

  1. transitive To write incorrectly. 1844, Ralph Waldo Emerson, quoted in Perspectives in American Literature by Paul P. Reuben, […] but we lose ever and anon a word, or a verse, and substitute something of our own, and thus miswrite the poem.

noun miswrites

  1. A failed write operation. Line fluctuations can cause misreads and miswrites.

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@misc{miswrite_2026,
  title = {miswrite},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/miswrite},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}