typo

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See also: typö

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɪpəʊ/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪpəʊ

Etymology 1

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Clipping of typographical error.

Noun

typo (plural typos or typoes)

  1. A typographical error.
    Hyponym: atomic typo
    Coordinate terms: writo; clicko, copy-pasto, scanno, speako, spello, thinko
    Near-synonyms: misprint; slip of the pen, lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ
    Sorry, I meant to say “buy a SODA”—“sofa” was a typo.
    • 2023 May 18, Christopher Clarey, “Even as He’s Out, Rafael Nadal Will Always Be a Part of the French Open”, in The New York Times‎:
      His 14 singles titles still look like a typo even for those like me who have watched him build that probably unbreakable record, red brick by red brick.
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Verb

typo (third-person singular simple present typos, present participle typoing, simple past and past participle typoed or typo'd)

  1. To make a typographical error.
    • 1993, Piers Anthony, edited by Alan Riggs, Letters to Jenny, Tor Books, →ISBN, page 108:
      Tell your mother that that essay I wrote for THE WRITER, that mentions you, is now in print in the Aw-Ghost issue. But they typoed Elfquest, so now it reads Elquist. I see I had typoed it myself, leaving out the “f” but they worsened it.
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Etymology 2

Clipping of typographer.

Noun

typo (plural typos)

  1. (colloquial, dated) A compositor; a typographer.
    • 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Sisters of the Golden Circle”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC:
      On the highest, rear seat was James Williams, of Cloverdale, Missouri, and his Bride.
      Capitalise it, friend typo—that last word—word of words in the epiphany of life and love.
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French

Etymology

From typographe.

Pronunciation

Noun

typo m (plural typos, feminine typote)

  1. a typo (compositor)

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Interlingua

Noun

typo (plural typos)

  1. type

Latin

Noun

typō

  1. dative/ablative singular of typus

Portuguese

Noun

typo m (plural typos)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of tipo.
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