mistranscription
Written record error
A mistranscription is an error made when copying or recording spoken or written material—a word misheard in dictation, a digit transposed when entering data, a passage garbled when copying a manuscript.
The term appears in scholarly, medical, and clerical contexts where accuracy matters: The mistranscription of a single letter changed the meaning of the ancient text.
Printing mistake
- mishearingPerceiving speech incorrectly
- garbleDistort into confusion
- distortionTwisting from original state
- inaccuracyLack of precision
misprint · slip · blunder · misstatement · misreport · flaw · glitch · misquotation
Change to official text
- rectificationAct of setting straight
- revisionAltering to improve
- editModify written material
- alterationAct of modifying
clarification · rewrite · rewording · rephrasing · correction · errata · stet · proofreading
Oral text for writing
- stenographyCompressed symbolic writing system
- shorthandAbbreviated writing system
- recordingCaptured audio or video
- minutesSixty-second intervals
captioning · deposition · subtitling · closed-captioning · speech-to-text · verbatim · notation
Accuracy of measurement
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- correctnessState of being accurate
- faithfulnessDevoted loyalty maintained
literalness · verbatim · meticulousness · carefulness · reliability · word-for-word · authenticity · verification
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Printing mistake
- mishearingPerceiving speech incorrectly
- garbleDistort into confusion
- distortionTwisting from original state
inaccuracy · misprint · slip · blunder · misstatement · misreport · flaw · glitch · misquotation · mondegreen
amendment
Change to official text
- rectificationAct of setting straight
- revisionAltering to improve
- editModify written material
alteration · clarification · rewrite · rewording · rephrasing · correction · errata · stet · proofreading · fact-checking
dictation
Oral text for writing
- stenographyCompressed symbolic writing system
- shorthandAbbreviated writing system
- recordingCaptured audio or video
minutes · captioning · deposition · subtitling · closed-captioning · speech-to-text · verbatim · notation
precision
Accuracy of measurement
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- correctnessState of being accurate
faithfulness · literalness · verbatim · meticulousness · carefulness · reliability · word-for-word · authenticity · verification · attestation
transcription, transcribe, transcribed, transcriber, transcribers, transcribing, transcripts, transcript, scribe