Meanings
plural typographical errors
- A mistake made during the process of typing, especially one caused by a slip of the fingers.
We're talking high-nitrogen compounds here ... and the question is not whether such things are going to be explosive hazards. (That's been settled by their empirical formulas, which generally look like typographical errors).
2013 January 9, Derek Lowe, “Things I Won't Work With: Azidoazide Azides, More or Less”, in In the Pipeline - A mistake made during the process of typesetting.
Synonyms: misprint
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA mistake made during the process of typesetting.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans vingerfout, tikfout
- vingerfouttyping error
- tikfouttyping error
Czech překlep, chyba tisku
- překleptyping error
- chyba tiskutyping error
- tisková chybatyping error
Danish skrivefejl, trykkefejl
- skrivefejltyping error
- trykkefejltyping error
Dutch typefout
- typefouttyping error
Esperanto tajperaro
- tajperarotyping error
Finnish painovirhe
- painovirhetyping error
French faute de frappe, coquille
- faute de frappetyping error
- coquilletyping error
- bourdontyping error
- mastictyping error
- doublontyping error
- sautontyping error
German Tippfehler, Druckfehler
- Tippfehlertyping error
- Druckfehlertyping error
Hungarian elírás, nyomdahiba
- elírástyping error
- nyomdahibatyping error
- elgépeléstyping error
Icelandic prentvilla
- prentvillatyping error
Irish dearmad cló, botún cló
- dearmad clótyping error
- botún clótyping error
- earráid chlótyping error
Italian errore di battitura
- errore di battituratyping error
Japanese 誤植, 誤字
- 誤植 (goshoku)typing error
- 誤字 (goji)typing error
Latin error typographicus, mendum typographicum
- error typographicustyping error
- mendum typographicumtyping error
Malay ralat
- ralattyping error
Norwegian Bokmål skrivefeil, trykkfeil
- skrivefeiltyping error
- trykkfeiltyping error
Polish literówka
- literówkatyping error
Portuguese gralha, erro tipográfico
- gralhatyping error
- erro tipográficotyping error
- erro de digitaçãotyping error
Russian опеча́тка
- опеча́тка (opečátka)typing error
Spanish errata
- erratatyping error
Tagalog limbitning biso
- limbitning bisotyping error
Ukrainian опи́ска
- опи́ска (opýska)typing error
Vietnamese lỗi chính tả, lỗi đánh vần
- lỗi chính tảtyping error
- lỗi đánh vầntyping error
Cite this entry
typographical error. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typographical%20error
“typographical error.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typographical%20error. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “typographical error,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typographical%20error.
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