typo
/ˈtaɪpəʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
Alternative form of taipo.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: misprint; slip of the pen, lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ"
- "Sorry, I meant to say “buy a SODA”—“sofa” was a typo."
- "His 14 singles titles still look like a typo even for those like me who have watched him build that probably unbreakable record, red brick by red brick."
- "Tell your mother that that essay I wrote for THE WRITER, that mentions you, is now in print in the Aw-Ghost issue. But they typoed Elfquest, so now it reads Elquist. I see I had typoed it myself, leaving out the “f” but they worsened it."
- "On the highest, rear seat was James Williams, of Cloverdale, Missouri, and his Bride. Capitalise it, friend typo—that last word—word of words in the epiphany of life and love."
- "“Ever since I was twelve,” she said, “I have worked in a printing office where a celebrated London morning journal is put in type and goes to press. […] I am attached to a man in our office, to whom I shall be married some day. […] I am nineteen now, and have carried on with my ‘typo’ for nearly three years now."