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mistype

mistype verb: to type incorrectly, introducing spelling mistakes or other errors.

Verb

mistype (third-person singular simple present mistypes, present participle mistyping, simple past and past participle mistyped)

  1. To type incorrectly, introducing spelling mistakes or other errors.
    • That's embarrassing: I mistyped her name on the invitation.
  2. To categorize incorrectly.

Forms of mistype

third-person singular presentmistypes
present participlemistyping
past participlemistyped
pastmistyped

Origin of mistype

From mis- + type.

Questions about mistype

What does mistype mean?
Mistype means to type incorrectly, introducing spelling mistakes or other errors.
What part of speech is mistype?
Mistype is a verb.
What is the past tense of mistype?
The past tense of mistype is mistyped.

Words near mistype in the dictionary

  1. misty rose
  2. misty roses
  3. misty-eyed
  4. mistying
  5. mistyish
  6. mistype
  7. mistyped
  8. mistypes
  9. mistyping
  10. mistypings
  11. misua

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