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typo

noun · verb · 5 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtaɪpəʊ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪpəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: T AY1 P OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A typographical error.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: misprint; slip of the pen, lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ
  • Sorry, I meant to say “buy a SODA”—“sofa” was a typo.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: misprint, slip of the pen, lapsus calami, lapsus plumæ

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A compositor; a typographer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, countable, dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative form of taipo.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To make a typographical error.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: misprint, erratum, typographical error, literal error, literal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: error, mistake

History

Etymology

Clipping of typographical error.

Clipping of typographer.

Across languages

Translations

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vingerfout — error
  • Afrikaans: tikfout — error
  • Arabic: خَطَأ مَطْبَعِيّ (ḵaṭaʔ maṭbaʕiyy) — error
  • Armenian: վրիպակ (vripak) — error
  • Belarusian: друка́рская памы́лка (drukárskaja pamýlka) — error
  • Bengali: ছাপার ভুল (chapar bhul) — error
  • Bulgarian: печа́тна гре́шка (pečátna gréška) — error
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錯字 /错字 (cuòzì) — error
  • Chinese Mandarin: 訛字 /讹字 (ézì) — error
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手民之誤 /手民之误 (shǒumínzhīwù) — error
  • Chinese Mandarin: 誤排 /误排 (wùpái) — error
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印錯 /印错 (yìncuò) — error
  • Chinese Mandarin: 別字 /别字 (biézì) — error
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錯別字 /错别字 (cuòbiézì) — error
  • Chinese Mandarin: 誤植 /误植 (wùzhí) — error
  • Chinese Mandarin: 筆誤 /笔误 (bǐwù) — error
  • Czech: překlep — error
  • Czech: šotek — error
  • Danish: tastefejl — error
  • Danish: trykfejl — error
  • Dutch: typefout — error
  • Dutch: tikfout — error
  • Dutch: typo — error
  • Esperanto: tajperaro — error
  • Esperanto: mistajpaĵo — error
  • Finnish: kirjoitusvirhe — error
  • Finnish: painovirhe — error
  • Finnish: lyöntivirhe — error
  • French: coquille — error
  • French: faute de frappe — error
  • German: Tippfehler — error
  • German: Druckfehler — error
  • Greek: τυπογραφικό λάθος (typografikó láthos) — error
  • Hebrew: שגיאת דפוס (shgiát dfús) — error
  • Hungarian: sajtóhiba — error
  • Hungarian: elgépelés — error
  • Hungarian: elírás — error
  • Hungarian: nyomdahiba — error
  • Icelandic: prentvilla — error
  • Indonesian: saltik — error
  • Indonesian: kesalahan pengetikkan — error
  • Irish: dearmad cló — error
  • Irish: botún cló — error
  • Irish: earráid chló — error
  • Italian: refuso — error
  • Italian: errore di battitura — error
  • Japanese: 誤植 (goshoku) — error
  • Japanese: タイプミス (taipumisu) — error
  • Japanese: 誤字 (goji) — error
  • Japanese: ミスタイプ (misutaipu) — error
  • Korean: 오타 (ota) — error
  • Korean: 오자 (oja) — error
  • Korean: 오식 (osik) — error
  • Korean: 타이프 미스 (taipeu miseu) — error
  • Korean: 미스타이프 (miseutaipeu) — error
  • Latvian: iespiedkļūda — error
  • Macedonian: грешка во пишување (greška vo pišuvanje) — error
  • Macedonian: печатарска грешка (pečatarska greška) — error
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trykkfeil — error
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skrivefeil — error
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trykkfeil — error
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skrivefeil — error
  • Polish: błąd drukarski — error
  • Polish: literówka — error
  • Portuguese: erro de digitação — error
  • Portuguese: gralha — error
  • Portuguese: erro tipográfico — error
  • Russian: опеча́тка (opečátka) — error
  • Serbo-Croatian: тѝпфелер — error
  • Serbo-Croatian: tìpfeler — error
  • Slovak: preklep — error
  • Slovene: tipkarska napaka — error
  • Spanish: gazapo — error
  • Spanish: errata — error
  • Spanish: dedazo — error
  • Spanish: error tipográfico — error
  • Spanish: error de dedo — error
  • Spanish: error dactilográfico — error
  • Spanish: error de tecleo — error
  • Spanish: taipo — error
  • Swedish: tryckfel — error
  • Swedish: stavfel — error
  • Thai: คําผิด — error
  • Thai: พิมพ์ผิด — error
  • Turkish: yazım hatası — error
  • Ukrainian: друка́рська по́милка (drukársʹka pómylka) — error
  • Ukrainian: о́друк (ódruk) — error
  • Ukrainian: опи́ска (opýska) — error
  • Ukrainian: одруківка (odrukivka) — error
  • Vietnamese: của thợ in — error
  • Vietnamese: lỗi in ấn — error
  • Chinese Mandarin: 誤植 /误植 (wùzhí) — make a typographical error
  • Chinese Mandarin: 打錯 /打错 — make a typographical error
  • Chinese Mandarin: 打錯字 /打错字 — make a typographical error
  • Czech: překlepnout se — make a typographical error
  • French: faire une coquille — make a typographical error
  • French: faire une faute de frappe — make a typographical error
  • German: sich verschreiben — make a typographical error
  • Hungarian: elgépel — make a typographical error
  • Indonesian: saltik — make a typographical error
  • Indonesian: salah ketik — make a typographical error
  • Polish: robić literówkę — make a typographical error
  • Polish: zrobić literówkę — make a typographical error
  • Russian: опеча́тываться (opečátyvatʹsja) — make a typographical error
  • Russian: опеча́таться (opečátatʹsja) — make a typographical error