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Typo vs Misspelling - What's the difference?

typo | misspelling |

As an adverb typo

is completely, totally; only in typö .

As a noun misspelling is

(countable) a misspelt word.

As a verb misspelling is

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typo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (colloquial, dated) A compositor; a typographer.
  • A spelling or typographical error.

    • Coordinate terms

    * clicko, scanno, spello, thinko * lapsus calami,

    Verb

  • To make a typographical error.

    • See also

    * malapropism

    Anagrams

    * ----

    misspelling

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mis-spelling

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) A misspelt word.
    • “Accomodation” is a common misspelling of “accommodation”.
  • * 2005 September, John H. Jenkins, The Dao of Unihan , International & Text Group, Apple Computer, Inc.:
    • My own Chinese name might conceivably be written in no fewer than four different ways in Unicode: ???, ???, ???, and ???. I would personally consider all but the first misspellings , just as I would the spelling of my English name as Jon Jenkins or John Jenkyns.

    Synonyms

    * (misspelt word) heterography

    Verb

    (head)