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Has a Major English Dictionary Ever Spelled an Entry Name Incorrectly? (2018x186)
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Despite my sincerest efforts, I could find no documented instance of a misspelled entry name (the word being defined) ever found in a widely circulated, non-user generated English dictionary.
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Sources:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521461464/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0521461464&linkCode=as2&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkId=EHIVDXSD6CS6ZBCO
http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/may/10/dictionary-definition-siphon-wrong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dord
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_entry#Examples
http://www.merriam-webster.com/help/faq/words_in.htm
http://www.fun-with-words.com/websters_dord.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/7709513/Physicist-spots-99-year-old-mistake-in-Oxford-English-Dictionary.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster's_Dictionary#First_edition_1828
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