Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

writo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: writo
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An error made when writing by hand.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: slip of the pen, lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ; miswriting"
"He moved on to discuss errors beyond the typo -- the speako, the writo, and ultimately the conceivo (walking up to the combination-locked door on our computer lab, I reach into my pocket and pull my keys out)."
"I am much quicker at writing than typing and I make many more typos than I do "writos.""
"After individual styles, hapax legomena and writos (slips of writers' pens, as typos are accidental but patterned slips of typists' fingers) have been identified and isolated, the structures of the language of all writers can be researched."

Etymology

From write + -o, after the pattern of typo.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: write

Inflected Forms

writos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

typo misprint clicko copy-pasto printo hearo scanno speako

Synonyms

slip of the pen lapsus calami lapsus plumæ miswriting

Questions

What does writo mean?: An error made when writing by hand.
Where does writo come from?: From write + -o, after the pattern of typo.

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