typosquat
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To register a domain name likely to be mistyped by users.
noun
Such a domain name.
Example Sentences
- "Presumably it would be difficult to typosquat on a personalized Facebook username, provided that Facebook is vigilant about responding to complaints by trademark holders under its current online procedure."
- "Trademark owners are registering IDN versions of their marks as domains, but there are many more typosquats made possible in these alternative scripts."
Etymology
Back-formation from typosquatting.