typo

noun

ty·​po ˈtī-(ˌ)pō How to pronounce typo (audio)
plural typos
: an error (as of spelling) in typed or typeset material

Examples of typo in a Sentence

I spotted three typos on the menu.
Recent Examples on the Web
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Despite the typo, Beatrice, 36, and her husband, 41, seemed to enjoy their day at the Ascot. Meredith Kile, People.com, 20 June 2025 Build Validation Into Every Stage Of Your Workflow Skipping rigorous validation is a top network automation pitfall; a single typo or misconfiguration deployed at scale can cascade into massive outages. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 This story was updated to correct a typo in Mandi Jung's name. Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025 In cancer, mutations act like typos in this genetic instruction manual, causing cells to ignore these normal controls, grow and spread. Jason P. Joseph, The Conversation, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for typo

Word History

Etymology

short for typographical (error)

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of typo was in 1878

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“Typo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typo. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.

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