adjective
- written or spelled incorrectly
verb
- past tense and past participle of mispen; to write or spell (a word) incorrectly
Usage: rare; often replaced by 'misspell' in modern usage
Examples
- The student's essay contained several mispenned words that lowered the grade.
- She mispenned her own name on the application form.
- The editor caught a mispenned phrase in the manuscript before publication.
- His handwriting was so poor that many words appeared mispenned.
- The document had a mispenned address that caused the letter to be returned.
- I mispenned the company name in my email, which was embarrassing.