If something was miss-spelled in a dictionary how would we know?

Wow there are lot of people who can't spell in this thread!



The word is "misspelled" not "misspelt" or "miss-spelled". You don't need a hyphen despite what you may think and it's a mistake to include one (and unless you're Shakespeare, which you aren't, you shouldn't reinvent the spelling system to suit your own needs, it's why there are rules in the first place).



Anyway it would be a very rare occurrence to find a misspelled word in a dictionary because they're checked, rechecked and checked again. I know people who work on putting dictionaries together and I can tell you that they're pretty pedantic people who don't usually miss stuff like that.If something was miss-spelled in a dictionary how would we know?
It's actually 'misspelt'.



So ner.



EDIT - "misspell - verb

Spell misspell with a double s. The different forms of this verb are: misspells, misspelling; the past tense is misspelt or misspelled."
It's 'misspelled'.



...and I didn't even need a dictionary.



If you were that paranoid, you'd use two dictionaries and cross-reference.



EDIT: even without the dash, you still have to many 's's in there.If something was miss-spelled in a dictionary how would we know?
you would compare it with other dictionaries from other companies and if one spelling is outnumbered then it is obviously miss-spelled.
You would check other sources, and then there is just a general way of telling, if your not an idiot at the English language.







If something was miss-spelled in a dictionary how would we know?
Well, you have misspelled "misspelled". :-)
What like the new spell checker here, it offers ridiculous alternatives!!
You'd spell it differently.
if any1 noticed they'd just say it was a diffrent word so we wudn't lol