it could be. With the legit package named with a misspelling on purpose, users may confuse the correct spelling 'request' for the real package. in that case the

it could be. With the legit package named with a misspelling on purpose, users may confuse the correct spelling 'request' for the real package. in that case the typosquatting attack would actually not be a typo at all! You can't identify this attack by just looking for correct spelling, which is OPs point