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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| accidentally | xx/xx | Adverb, Adverb | 
| inadvertently | xx/xx | Adverb | 
| unintentionally | xx/xxx | Adverb | 
| inadvertence | xx/x | Noun | 
| accident | /xx | Noun | 
| unintentional | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| by accident | //xx | Phrase, Adverb, Adjective | 
| mistake | x/ | Noun | 
| typographical error | xx/xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| miscalculation | x/x/x | Noun | 
| unintended | xx/x | Adjective | 
| miscalculated | x/xxx | Verb | 
| by mistake | /x/ | Phrase | 
| malfunction | x/x | Noun | 
| incidental | xx/x | Adjective | 
| oversight | /xx | Noun | 
| mishap | /x | Noun | 
| incorrectly | xx/x | Adverb | 
| misinterpretation | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| miscommunication | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| misunderstanding | xxx/x | Noun | 
| absentmindedly | x//xx | Adverb | 
| unwittingly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| intentional | x/xx | Adjective | 
| indiscretion | xx/x | Noun | 
| incompetence | x/xx | Noun | 
| carelessness | /xx | Noun | 
| involuntary | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| blunder | /x | Noun | 
| happenstance | /xx | Noun | 
| inaccuracy | x/xxx | Noun | 
| unknowingly | x/xx | Adverb | 
| misidentification | xxxxx/x | Noun | 
| misjudged | x/ | Verb | 
| negligence | /xx | Noun | 
| misidentified | xx/xx | Verb | 
| erroneously | x/xxx | Adverb | 
| misstep | x/ | Noun | 
| misreading | x/x | Noun | 
| misfortune | x/x | Noun | 
| aberration | xx/x | Noun | 
| accessory | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| accuracy | /xxx | Noun | 
| advanced | x/ | Adjective | 
| adventitious | /x/x | Adjective | 
| aggravating | /xxx | Adjective | 
| alter | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| ancient | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| arbitrary | /xxx | Adjective, Noun | 
| artifactual | /xxxx | Adjective | 
| astray | x/ | Adverb | 
| bad | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| basic | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| beam | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bias | /x | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | 
| blot | / | Noun, Verb | 
| boner | /x | Noun | 
| breach | / | Noun, Verb | 
| bug | / | Noun, Verb | 
| burst | / | Verb, Noun | 
| bycatch | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| captures | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| casual | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| catastrophic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| causal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| chance | / | Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb | 
| coincidence | x/xx | Noun | 
| coincidental | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| collateral | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| computer | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| concomitant | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| confounding | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| confusion | x/x | Noun | 
| contingent | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| continue | x/x | Verb, Noun | 
| correct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| correction | x/x | Noun | 
| correlation | xx/x | Noun | 
| corruption | x/x | Noun | 
| crash | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| crime | / | Noun, Verb | 
| data | /x | Noun | 
| defect | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| deficiency | x/xx | Noun | 
| deficient | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| describable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| detecting | x/x | Noun | 
| deviation | xx/x | Noun | 
| difference | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| discrepancy | x/xx | Noun | 
| distinguishing | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| distortion | x/x | Noun | 
| document | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| edit | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| embarrassments | x/xx | Noun | 
| episodic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| eraser | x/x | Noun | 
| err | / | Verb | 
| erratum | x/x | Noun | 
| event | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| ex | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | 
| explicable | x/xx | Adjective | 
| extrinsic | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| factor | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fail | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective | 
| failure | /x | Noun | 
| fallacy | /xx | Noun | 
| falsehood | /x | Noun | 
| fault | / | Noun, Verb | 
| faulty | /x | Adjective | 
| file | / | Noun, Verb | 
| flaw | / | Noun, Verb | 
| folly | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| foolishness | /xx | Noun | 
| foreign | /x | Adjective, Name | 
| format | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| fortuitous | x/xx | Adjective | 
| glitch | / | Noun, Verb | 
| goof | / | Noun, Verb | 
| haphazard | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| hindrance | /x | Noun | 
| hostile | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| iatrogenic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| imbecility | /x/xx | Noun | 
| impediment | x/xx | Noun | 
| imperfect | x/x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
| imperfection | xx/x | Noun | 
| impropriety | xx/xx | Noun | 
| inaccurate | x/xx | Adjective | 
| incident | /xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| incoming | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| inconsistency | xx/xx | Noun | 
| inconvenience | xx/x | Noun, Verb | 
| inopportune | xxx/ | Adjective | 
| interrupt | xx/ | Verb, Noun | 
| intoxicated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| inventory | xx/x | Noun, Verb | 
| irregularity | xxx/xx | Noun | 
| kinds | / | Noun | 
| lapse | / | Noun, Verb | 
| lets | / | Verb, Noun | 
| literal | /xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| mess | / | Noun, Verb | 
| milady | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| miscarriage | x/x | Noun | 
| misclassification | xxxx/x | Noun | 
| misconception | xx/x | Noun | 
| misdirected | xx/x | Verb, Adjective | 
| misdirection | xx/x | Noun | 
| mislead | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| mismatch | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| misnomer | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| misperception | xx/x | Noun | 
| misstatement | x/x | Noun | 
| natural | /xx | Adjective, Noun, Adverb | 
| occasional | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| offense | x/ | Noun | 
| omission | x/x | Noun | 
| opportunistic | xxx/x | Adjective | 
| overflow | /xx | Noun, Verb | 
| perform | x/ | Verb | 
| / | Noun, Verb, Adjective | |
| problem | /x | Noun, Adjective | 
| prone | / | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| random | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| refrigerant | x/xx | Noun, Adjective | 
| renege | x/ | Verb | 
| reset | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| residual | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| revoke | x/ | Verb, Noun | 
| satisfactory | xx/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| serendipitous | xx/xx | Adjective | 
| shortcoming | /xx | Noun | 
| simple | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb | 
