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miskeying

miskeying is the present participle and gerund of miskey.

Meaning of miskey

Verb

miskey (third-person singular simple present miskeys, present participle miskeying, simple past and past participle miskeyed)

  1. To key or key in erroneously; make a mistake in typing.

Noun

miskeying (plural miskeyings)

  1. An instance of keying erroneously; a typing error.

Forms of miskeying

pluralmiskeyings

Origin of miskeying

From miskey + -ing.

Questions about miskeying

What does miskeying mean?
Miskeying means an instance of keying erroneously; a typing error.
What is miskeying the present participle and gerund of?
Miskeying is the present participle and gerund of miskey.
What part of speech is miskeying?
Miskeying is a noun.
What is the plural of miskeying?
The plural of miskeying is miskeyings.

Words near miskeying in the dictionary

  1. miskent
  2. miskept
  3. Miskes
  4. miskey
  5. miskeyed
  6. miskeying
  7. miskeyings
  8. miskeys
  9. Miski
  10. miskick
  11. miskicked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: miskeying (page history and authors); miskey (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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