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scanno

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskænəʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈskænoʊ/
  • rhymes with -ænəʊ

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noun

Meaning 1

A typographical error caused by optical character recognition (OCR) software, which may mistake a letter or set of letters for a letter or set of letters of similar shape.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From scan + -o, modelled on typo.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: сканлау хатаһы (skanlaw xatahı) — error in scanning
  • Chinese Mandarin: 識別錯字 /识别错字 (shíbié cuòzì) — error in scanning
  • Danish: scanningsfejl — error in scanning
  • Dutch: leesfout — error in scanning
  • Finnish: skannausvirhe — error in scanning
  • Icelandic: ljóslestrarvilla — error in scanning
  • Polish: błąd skanu — error in scanning