mistyping
Hitting wrong keys
Mistyping is striking the wrong key or keys when typing, or an instance of doing so: The email went to the wrong person because of a mistyping of the address.
The word covers both the act and the error itself.
Standard keyboard arrangement
- keysLock-operating instruments
- keypressButton actuation on keyboard
- hunt-and-peckVisual, slow keyboard technique
- home rowKeyboard's central letter strip
mechanical keyboard · smartphone · touchscreen · clack · fingers · muscle memory · predictive text
Keyboard's leftward eraser
- deleteRemove or erase
- autocorrectAutomatic spelling correction
- spellcheckText error detector
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
edit · revise · undo · fix · amend · correction fluid · grammar check · revision
Of printed characters
- misspellingIncorrect written form
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
- misprintTypographical error
- wrong letterErroneous character in text
omission · insertion · substitution · fat-finger · spelling mistake · garbled · mangled · jumbled
qwerty
Standard keyboard arrangement
- keysLock-operating instruments
- keypressButton actuation on keyboard
- hunt-and-peckVisual, slow keyboard technique
home row · mechanical keyboard · smartphone · touchscreen · clack · fingers · muscle memory · predictive text
backspace
Keyboard's leftward eraser
- deleteRemove or erase
- autocorrectAutomatic spelling correction
- spellcheckText error detector
proofreading · edit · revise · undo · fix · amend · correction fluid · grammar check · revision · errata
typographical
Of printed characters
- misspellingIncorrect written form
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
- misprintTypographical error
wrong letter · omission · insertion · substitution · fat-finger · spelling mistake · garbled · mangled · jumbled · scrambled
blunder
Foolish, costly mistake
lapse · fumble · stumble · accident · careless · hasty · distraction · fatigue · inattention · haste
mistypingproofreading
Checking text for mistakes
precision · accuracy · perfection · copyediting · error correction
type, typing, typo, typist, typists, typos, typeset, retype, mistype