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typographical error

typographical error noun: a mistake made during the process of typing, especially one caused by a slip of the fingers.

Noun

typographical error (plural typographical errors)

  1. A mistake made during the process of typing, especially one caused by a slip of the fingers.
    • We're talking high-nitrogen compounds here ... and the question is not whether such things are going to be explosive hazards. (That's been settled by their empirical formulas, which generally look like typographical errors).2013 January 9, Derek Lowe, “Things I Won't Work With: Azidoazide Azides, More or Less”, in In the Pipeline
  2. A mistake made during the process of typesetting.
    Synonyms:
    misprint

typographical error meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Malay and Vietnamese

typographical error in Tamil

தட்டச்சுப் பிழை

typographical error in Tagalog

typing error
limbitning biso

typographical error in Malay

typing error
ralat

typographical error in Vietnamese

typing error
lỗi chính tả, lỗi đánh vần

Synonyms of typographical error

Forms of typographical error

pluraltypographical errors

Questions about typographical error

What does typographical error mean?
Typographical error means a mistake made during the process of typing, especially one caused by a slip of the fingers.
What is typographical error in Tamil?
Typographical error in Tamil is தட்டச்சுப் பிழை. See Typographical error meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is typographical error?
Typographical error is a noun.
What is the plural of typographical error?
The plural of typographical error is typographical errors.

Words near typographical error in the dictionary

  1. typographic ligatures
  2. typographica
  3. typographical
  4. typographical apostrophe
  5. typographical apostrophes
  6. typographical error
  7. typographical errors
  8. typographically
  9. typographies
  10. typographing
  11. typographist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: typographical error (page history and authors); typographical error (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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