mistype

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verb

To type incorrectly, introducing spelling mistakes or other errors.

“That's embarrassing: I mistyped her name on the invitation.”

OriginEnglish type ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
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Meanings

verbmistype (third-person singular simple present mistypes, present participle mistyping, simple past and past participle mistyped)

present singular third person mistypes · participle present mistyping · participle past mistyped · past mistyped

  1. To type incorrectly, introducing spelling mistakes or other errors.

    That's embarrassing: I mistyped her name on the invitation.

  2. To categorize incorrectly.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishtype
  10. Englishmistype

From mis- + type.

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Translations

German sich vertippen
  • sich vertippento type incorrectly
Cite this entry
APA

mistype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistype

MLA

“mistype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistype. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mistype,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistype.

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