mistyped; mistyping
Definition of mistype
: to type (something) incorrectly
mistype a name When surfers mistype popular Web addresses, the companies cleverly throw up ads in hidden browser windows, making money off of ads few people see …— Bob Sullivan The Education Department misspelled the name of W. E. B. DuBois on Twitter Sunday and mistyped again when apologizing for the error. — The Bismarck Tribune
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The first known use of mistype was in 1924
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