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Another kind of typo—informally called an "atomic typo"—is a typo that happens to result in a correctly spelled word that is different from the intended one. Since it is spelled correctly, a simple spellchecker cannot find the mistake. The term was used at least as early as 1995 by Robert Terry. [15]
Some spelling errors are introduced because the typing of certain people is not perfect, such as letters are doubled, or more frequently double letters tripled, such as "betwween" and "betweeen" letters are singled, such as "betwen" keys are transposed, so "because" becomes "becuase". (see Teh)
The lists of common spelling mistakes linked below are used to correct typographical errors throughout Wikipedia. Each entry lists a typo, followed by the correct spelling in parentheses; clicking on the typo will search for it throughout Wikipedia. See Wikipedia:Typo for information on and coordination of spellchecking work.
Full instructions on how to resolve complicated cases are at Wikipedia:Typo Team/moss § Instructions for editors. Other notes: "Probably OK" words can be deleted if they are in fact OK, or just fixed if they are not OK. For HTML tags (especially in the HB+ section), see Category:Articles with HTML markup for instructions
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