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Is incorrect capitalization, such as the lowercase "i" in

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considered a spelling mistake, or some other type of error?

Best Answer

Your question was," Is it a spelling mistake?" The answer is definitely no. It is a grammatical error, a capitalization error, but not a spelling error. When you capitalize a word, you don't change its spelling.