Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

human error

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: hu-man er-ror
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a mistake made by a human, as opposed to a machine, or natural occurrences

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The report blames the explosion on human error."

Usage

Inflected Forms

human errors (plural)

Questions

What does human error mean?: a mistake made by a human, as opposed to a machine, or natural occurrences

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