errors
Syllables: er·rorsUK/ˈɛɹəz//ˈɛɹɚz/
errors is the plural of error.
errors is the third-person singular simple present indicative of error.
Meaning of error
Noun
error (countable and uncountable, plural errors)
- The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
- "Am I in error in marking out the s in the word assistants used in the following manner?[…]"1913, The Inland Printer
- Synonyms:
- wrength, wrong, wrongness, wrongfulness
- A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
- There was a large error in the accounts.
- Sin; transgression.
- I've finally seen the error of my ways.
- Synonyms:
- delinquency, misdoing, wrong, crime, delict, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor, offense, peccadillo
- A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
- The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
- A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
Phrases with errors
- α errors
- β errors
- errors out
- beta errors
- firm errors
- hard errors
- soft errors
- stop errors
- alpha errors
- logic errors
- forced errors
- ironic errors
31 more phrasesFewer phrases
- syntax errors
- type I errors
- compass errors
- Othello errors
- type II errors
- absolute errors
- category errors
- clerical errors
- probable errors
- relative errors
- rounding errors
- sampling errors
- standard errors
- unforced errors
- comedy of errors
- fencepost errors
- round-off errors
- schoolboy errors
- off-by-one errors
- separative errors
- trials and errors
- comedies of errors
- conjunctive errors
- measurement errors
- transmission errors
- approximation errors
- observational errors
- typographical errors
- errors carried forward
- errors of the first kind
- errors of the second kind
Words that rhyme with errors
Questions about errors
- What is errors the plural of?
- Errors is the plural of error.
- How do you pronounce errors?
- Errors is pronounced /ˈɛɹɚz/ (US).
Words near errors in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: errors (page history and authors); error (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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