mistype

Hit wrong key

To mistype is to type something incorrectly—hitting the wrong key, transposing letters, or otherwise producing text you didn't intend: I mistyped my password three times and got locked out.

A mistype is the error itself: That email address has a mistype in it.

error

misspell

Render words incorrectly

fumble · botch · bungle · goof · slip · slipup · blooper · howler · gaffe · miscue

correction

autocorrect

Automatic spelling correction

edit · fix · revise · amend · rectify · spellcheck · undo · correct · emend · redraft

keyboard

qwerty

Standard keyboard arrangement

  • keysLock-operating instruments
  • typingEntering text via keyboard
  • keypressButton actuation on keyboard

touch typing · home row · fingers · fat finger · hunt and peck · keystroke · alphanumeric · input · mechanical keyboard

cause

inattention

Lack of focus

fatigue · oversight · negligence · sloppiness · inadvertence · lapse · rushed · sloppy · hasty · unfamiliarity

Categories
Opposites
accuracy of typing

mistypenail it

Succeed perfectly at something

intentionality

mistypecreative spelling

Unconventional letter choices

typosquatting · leetspeak · eye dialect

typing accuracy

mistypeclean copy

Corrected final draft

proofread

Family

mistyped, mistyping, mistypes

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G