typo

ty·po | \ ˈtī-(ˌ)pō

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plural typos

Definition of typo

: 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 Martinez has not yet received benefits because of a typo in her employer’s paperwork. — Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com, "Unemployment stays in double digits: ‘We still need to make our payments’," 7 Aug. 2020 With the price of the average vehicle now reaching $38,000, the $34,365 (including $930 destination charge) on the sticker of our test car seems like a typo. — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, "From peppy wake-up tunes to remote control parking, these top 10 vehicles will surprise you," 7 Aug. 2020 The refreshed 2-series did well, with sales up 131 percent (not a typo) over the second quarter of 2019. — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, "New-Car Sales Fall for Second Consecutive Quarter in U.S.," 1 July 2020 The filing misidentifies the bill number, a typo Geldhof acknowledged. — USA TODAY, "Unwanted masks, homeless count, pork processor cleared: News from around our 50 states," 25 June 2020 Inslee responded with a tweet of his own, telling Trump to stay out of the state and mocking the president's Twitter typo. — William Cummings, USA TODAY, "'Go back to your bunker': Seattle mayor, Washington governor fire back at Trump threat to handle protests," 12 June 2020 Gearbox has not updated the game's PC version since July 2013, and the typo is still there. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "A years-old, one-letter typo led to Aliens: Colonial Marines’ weird AI," 14 July 2018 There, Bloomberg won 175 votes (that’s not a typo), edging out Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D., Hawaii), a native of the territory, who picked up a whopping 103 votes. — Zac Morgan, National Review, "Bloomberg Slayed the Myth That Money Buys Elections," 5 Mar. 2020 No that’s not a typo, that’s one of the slogans the Cudahy Health Department is using to promote reproductive health and put a recent $1.2 million grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to use. — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Cudahy Health Department is giving out free condoms as part of a 'wrap your sausage' reproductive health campaign," 8 Jan. 2020

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“Typo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typo. Accessed 22 Aug. 2020.

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