typo

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtaɪpəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtaɪpoʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(tī′pō)

Inflections of 'typo' (n): npl: typos

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ty•po /ˈtaɪpoʊ/USA pronunciation  n. [countable], pl. -pos. [Informal.]
  1. an error in printing resulting from a mistake in typing:Just get rid of those typos and your paper is ready.
See -type-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ty•po  (tī′pō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -pos. [Informal.]
  1. Printing, Informal TermsSee typographical error. 
  • 1890–95; shortened form; see -o

typo-, 
  1. a combining form representing type in compound words:typography, typology.Cf. -type. 

typo., 
    1. Printingtypographer.
    2. Printingtypographic.
    3. Printingtypographical.
    4. Printingtypography.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
typo /ˈtaɪpəʊ/ n ( pl -pos)
  1. informal a typographical errorAlso called (Brit): literal
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
typ., 
    1. Printingtypographer.
    2. Printingtypographic.
    3. Printingtypographical.
    4. Printingtypography.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
typ., typo., typog. abbreviation for
  1. typographer
  2. typographic(al)
  3. typography
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
typo., typog. abbreviation for
  1. variants of typ.
'typo' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
typ. - typo. - run - type - typography - typology - typothetae

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