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to err is human

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English

Syllables
to er-r is hu-man
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Everyone makes mistakes.

Etymology

Calque of Latin errāre hūmānum est.

Questions

What does to err is human mean?
Everyone makes mistakes.
Where does to err is human come from?
Calque of Latin errāre hūmānum est.

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