Mispel
- An obsolete or dialectal spelling of 'medlar', a type of fruit-bearing tree in the rose family, known for its small, brown, apple-like fruits. nounThe mispel tree in the garden bore fruit late in the autumn.She tasted the mispel and found it to be surprisingly sweet.
- A common misspelling of the word 'misspell', which means to spell a word incorrectly. verbHe tends to mispel words when he's writing quickly.The teacher corrected the student's tendency to mispel common words.