haplography
/hæpˈlɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, for example, mispell for misspell.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In the apparatus of Trounce's edition, dittography occurs at line 266, haplography at line 352, and there are numerous erasures and corrections within the text."
Etymology
From haplo- + -graphy.