clerical error
Mistyped form entry
A clerical error is a mistake in paperwork or record-keeping—a typo, transposed digits, or miscopied information.
The term implies the error was minor and unintentional, not a substantive mistake in judgment: The wrong date was just a clerical error.
It often appears in legal and administrative contexts to distinguish careless slips from deliberate falsification.
Printing mistake
- misprintTypographical error
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- slipMinor error or misstep
gaffe · omission · miscalculation · snafu · flub · goof · botch · bungle
Administrative written tasks
- filingStoring documents systematically
- record-keepingMaintaining organized documentation
- data entryRecording information digitally
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
bureaucracy · administrative · archiving · cataloging · inputting · bookkeeping · spreadsheet · ledger
Lack of focus
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- inadvertenceUnintentional lack of care
heedlessness · distraction · absentmindedness · sloppiness · rushing · fatigue · workload · understaffing
Change to official text
- rectifyTo make something right
- reviseAlter to improve
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- corrigendumAcknowledged error in print
update · remedy · resolve · reconcile · rectification · fix · rework · rewrite
typo
Printing mistake
- misprintTypographical error
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
slip · gaffe · omission · miscalculation · snafu · flub · goof · botch · bungle · miscue
paperwork
Administrative written tasks
- filingStoring documents systematically
- record-keepingMaintaining organized documentation
- data entryRecording information digitally
transcription · bureaucracy · administrative · archiving · cataloging · inputting · bookkeeping · spreadsheet · ledger · invoice
inattention
Lack of focus
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
inadvertence · heedlessness · distraction · absentmindedness · sloppiness · rushing · fatigue · workload · understaffing
amendment
Change to official text
- rectifyTo make something right
- reviseAlter to improve
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
corrigendum · update · remedy · resolve · reconcile · rectification · fix · rework · rewrite · strikethrough
- errorsmistake, blunder, blunders, fault, flaw
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, blunder, blunders
- lab errorsmislabeling, cross-contamination, equipment failure, misidentification, quality control failure
- Legal Errorsmistrial, misfiling, late filing, jury instruction
- title defectscloud on title, missing signature, missing heir, conflicting claims
- injusticeinjustice, inequality, discrimination, bias, prejudice
clerical errorforgery
Creating fraudulent imitations
embezzlement · willful misconduct · criminal intent · sabotage · premeditation
error, clerk, errors, clerical, cleric, clerks, erroneous, clerics, erroneously