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# typo

«typo» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small mistake in typing or printing, like a wrong or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (typo, typos)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A typo is a small mistake in typing or printing, like a wrong or missing letter: «teh» instead of «the». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typo/#m1)

2) Typo is short for typing (or typographical) error. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typo/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: mistakes counted in pages or texts; typos per page is a rate (pages × typos). School: check your writing for typos before you hand it in. Everyday: typos in messages, autocorrect.

### examples

- The book has 3 typos on each page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typo/#x1)
- She found 12 typos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typo/#x2)
- He fixed 5 typos and 7 are left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typo/#x3)
- How many typos are in 10 pages? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typo/#x4)
- Read your story again to catch any typos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typo/#x5)
- The sign had a typo: it said «Shcool». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typo/#x6)
- Autocorrect fixed most of my typos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typo/#x7)

### note

Countable: a typo, typos (no e). Counted things; typos per page is a rate (pages × typos); typos found + typos left = all. Trap: a typo is a slip of the fingers, not a spelling you did not know.

### In the corpora

- [A typo is a typing mistake; a mistake doesn't always mean someone doesn't know the rule.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «typo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/typo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.