typo
noun
ty·po
ˈtī-(ˌ)pŠ
plural typos
: an error (as of spelling) in typed or typeset material
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I spotted three typos on the menu.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Last year, a man made a typo in an online grocery order that had a seriously unexpected result.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Most books have typos and minor factual errors too insignificant to be pointed out.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
The Supreme Court has yet to direct the State Bar to return to the NCBE system, even though test takers complained that some of the multiple-choice questions in the new test included typos and questions with more than two correct answers and left out important facts.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 May 2025
Last year, a man made a typo in an online grocery order that had a seriously unexpected result.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Most books have typos and minor factual errors too insignificant to be pointed out.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 18 May 2025
The Supreme Court has yet to direct the State Bar to return to the NCBE system, even though test takers complained that some of the multiple-choice questions in the new test included typos and questions with more than two correct answers and left out important facts.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
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“Typo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typo. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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