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mis·write

 (mĭs-rīt′)
tr.v. mis·wrote (-rōt′), mis·writ·ten (-rĭt′n), mis·writ·ing, mis·writes
To write incorrectly or carelessly: miswrite a word; miswrite a historical account.
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miswrite

(ˌmɪsˈraɪt)
vb (tr) , -writes, -writing, -wrote or -written
to write wrongly or in error
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It asked: "Howz da day." I, fearing he'd miswrote, or maybe that predictive text had misquoted him, replied: "Daddy's fine."
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If perhaps Modotti miswrote the page number in her original letter (or if the excerpt that appears in either Albers's biography, or the 1986 collection of Modotti's letters, is a typographical error), one can work out--even without the rare original edition of The New Poetry in hand--that the poem appearing on page 272--a one-digit difference--is "The River-Merchants' Wife: A Letter." This remains one of Pound's most frequently anthologized and admired poems, a "reworking" of a Chinese model notable for its elegant accessibility.
Mary Ellen miswrote "light" for "late" in lines 2 and 6, but she corrected her mistake only in the second instance.
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It is worth noting that the request form for this book review miswrote the subtitle as 'Structure and Deconstruction in Arthurian Tragedy'.