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The phrase "a spelling mistake" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an error in how a word is written. Example: "I found a spelling mistake in your essay. The word 'accommodate' is missing one 'm'."
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Spelling - A change to correct a spelling mistake.
There was even a spelling mistake in English.
A pensioner bled to death during surgery because of a "spelling mistake", an inquest has heard.
A spelling mistake in an offering document reduces the chances of a Kickstarter funding by 13%.
"If your DNA is like Great Expectations," she said, "we're talking about a spelling mistake somewhere.
It was a spelling mistake that gave me my first break at the New Yorker.
Outside court, detectives said experts spotted a spelling mistake in their cuneiform script.
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He'll even milk laughs from a spelling-mistake.
Whether it relates to a homophone, a minor spelling mistake or more detailed clarification, the note is prominently displayed so that hopefully it is the first thing to be read.
To address the problem, he has come up with a radical new approach: a small, vertical access, wind turbine he's dubbed the "Urbine" – a name which came to Vince after a simple spelling mistake in an email.
The article cited an analysis of British Web figures that suggested that a single spelling mistake on an e-commerce site can hurt credibility so much that online revenues fall by half.
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