mistyped

Hit wrong keys

Mistyped means typed incorrectly—hitting the wrong key, transposing letters, or making other keyboard errors: I mistyped the password and got locked out.

The past tense of mistype, it describes the error after it's happened rather than the act of making it.

correction

backspace

Keyboard's leftward eraser

proofread · edit · revise · undo · fix · correct · amend · rectify · emend · rewrite

error

misspelled

Written with wrong letters

misprint · erratum · garbled · jumbled · mangled · gibberish · nonsense · unreadable · illegible · scrambled

keyboard

qwerty

Standard keyboard arrangement

hunt and peck · fat fingers · home row · sticky keys · mechanical · membrane · clack · ergonomic · carpal tunnel · repetitive strain

digital

autocomplete

Software-suggested text completion

messaging · email · chat · password · username · login · URL · search query · form · database entry

Opposites
typing accuracy

mistypederror-free

Lacking any mistakes

accurate · proofread · corrected · correct · spell-checked

input method

mistypedhandwritten

Written by hand

penned · scribed · dictated · spoken · inscribed

Family

mistype, mistyping, mistypes

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G