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errata

UK/ɛˈɹɑːtə//ɛˈɹɑtə/

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errata is the plural of erratum.

Meaning of erratum

Noun

erratum (plural errata)

  1. A published notice reporting an error belatedly discovered in a previous publication.
    • When the journal's editors found out about the misreported details, they issued an erratum.
    Synonyms:
    corrigendum
  2. An error, especially one in a printed work.
    • Erratum / The correct ISBN for this book is […]1996, Timon Screech, The Western Scientific Gaze and Popular Imagery in Later Edo Japan: The Lens within the Heart, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, copyright page

Noun

errata pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An added page in a printed work where errors which are discovered after printing and their corrections (corrigenda) are listed.

Verb

errata (third-person singular simple present erratas, present participle errataing, simple past and past participle errataed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To provide (a published work) with errata.
    • Thus the present Volume has been printed line for line in correspondence with the celebrated Edition of Mr. Edwards, with its errors, as errataed by Mr. Perceval, and its original imprint.1813, Spencer Perceval, The Genuine Book, page 1

Synonyms of errata

Forms of errata

third-person singular presenterratas
present participleerrataing
past participleerrataed
pasterrataed

Origin of errata

Borrowed from Latin errāta (“mistaken things, mistakes”), neuter plural of errātus (“mistaken”).

Words that rhyme with errata

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Questions about errata

What does errata mean?
Errata means an added page in a printed work where errors which are discovered after printing and their corrections (corrigenda) are listed.
What is errata the plural of?
Errata is the plural of erratum.
What part of speech is errata?
Errata can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce errata?
Errata is pronounced /ɛˈɹɑːtə/ (UK).

Words near errata in the dictionary

  1. errantly
  2. errantness
  3. errantries
  4. errantry
  5. errants
  6. errata
  7. errataed
  8. errataing
  9. erratas
  10. erratic
  11. erratical

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: errata (page history and authors); erratum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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