“Misspelled” or “Misspelt”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 10 prefer “misspelled” and 0 prefer “misspelt”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	misspelled	misspelt	Preference
United States	98	2	“misspelled”
United Kingdom	62	38	“misspelled”
India	67	33	“misspelled”
Philippines	98	2	“misspelled”
Canada	88	12	“misspelled”
Australia	60	40	“misspelled”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	76	24	“misspelled”
New Zealand	65	35	“misspelled”
Jamaica	100	0	“misspelled”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“misspelled”
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“misspelled”

…the "McQ limit" and often misspelled "McQuarry," was named after George…
…is also sometimes spelled, or misspelled, Boelsen.
…School is the Loboes, proudly misspelled for decades, and their colors…
The term keshi (occasionally misspelled Keishi, apparently a confusion with…
…Say's stingray (Dasyatis say, often misspelled sayi) is a species of…
Luís Jardim (misspelled as "Louis Jardin" on album…
N ayt or Nayt (often misspelled as: nait or naït).
…whose family name is often misspelled "Pierce"
…were available as a smilodon (misspelled as "slimodon" in the information…
He had his name misspelled on the back of his…

“misspelt”

…been largely mis-spelt as P. dorbygnianus.
…sequence, Jane Scali's surname is misspelt as Scarli.
profile (name misspelt)
…the Baltic Sea (a name misspelt Grandvik in some translations).
…copies have the word Synchronicity misspelt on the label, and a…
…Bureus as both of them misspelt the name Holmi by letting…
…that the JPs name was misspelt and after tracking down a…
…from Ancient Greek hupolais, as misspelt by Linnaeus.
…the name Livingston is sometimes misspelt as Livingstone, it has nothing…
Common Words Commonly Misspelt (Richmond, Atlanta: B.F. Johnson Pub.

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