"typographical error" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: typographical errors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} typographical error (plural typographical errors)
  1. A mistake made during the process of typing, especially one caused by a slip of the fingers. Translations (typing error): vingerfout (Afrikaans), tikfout (Afrikaans), վրիպակ (vripak) (Armenian), překlep [masculine] (Czech), chyba tisku [feminine] (Czech), tisková chyba [feminine] (Czech), skrivefejl [common-gender] (Danish), trykkefejl [common-gender] (Danish), typefout (Dutch), tajperaro (Esperanto), painovirhe (Finnish), faute de frappe (French), coquille [feminine] (French), bourdon [masculine] (French), mastic [masculine] (French), doublon [masculine] (French), sauton [masculine] (French), Tippfehler [masculine] (German), Druckfehler [masculine] (German), elírás (Hungarian), nyomdahiba (Hungarian), elgépelés (Hungarian), prentvilla [feminine] (Icelandic), dearmad cló [masculine] (Irish), botún cló [masculine] (Irish), earráid chló [feminine] (Irish), errore di battitura [masculine] (Italian), 誤植 (goshoku) (Japanese), 誤字 (goji) (Japanese), ralat (Malay), skrivefeil [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), trykkfeil [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skrivefeil [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), trykkfeil [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), опеча́тка (opečátka) [feminine] (Russian), errata [feminine] (Spanish), limbitning biso (Tagalog), опи́ска (opýska) [feminine] (Ukrainian), lỗi chính tả (Vietnamese), lỗi đánh vần (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-typographical_error-en-noun-QW1iqLjW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'typing error': 79 21
  2. A mistake made during the process of typesetting. Synonyms: misprint
    Sense id: en-typographical_error-en-noun-Zj85MbRS

Inflected forms

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