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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] A few illustrative examples include:
Prominent examples include basketball player Dirk Nowitzki's UDRP of DirkSwish.com [3] and actress Eva Longoria's UDRP of EvaLongoria.org. [4] Goggle, a typosquatted version of Google , was the subject of a 2006 web safety promotion by McAfee , a computer security company, which depicted the significant amounts of malware installed through ...
See Wikipedia:Typo for information on and coordination of spellchecking work. Note that not all occurrences of these spellings will be misspellings: if they are in song titles, for instance, they must be left as the song writer intended (but it is worth checking back to sources); if they are in transliterations such as " Tao Te Ching " or in ...
Chat room etiquette calls on one asterisk to correct a misspelled word or typo that has already been submitted. For example, one could post lck , then follow it with *luck or luck* (the placement of the * on the left or right is a matter of personal style) to correct the word's spelling, or if it's someone else that notices the mistake, they ...
This little guy is just an example of the typo that might find a place in your heart. The Adopt-a-typo project aims to maintain the quality of Wikipedia by purging it of some of the most common typos. It is a focused effort of the Wikipedia Typo Team. Wikipedia is an evolving resource. Even if you completely correct Wikipedia of some typo today ...
For example, your card could read, “Merry Christmas! Love, Adam, Emily, Sarah, and Zach.” (Sometimes the comma before “and” is left out, and that is not technically incorrect, but you’ll ...
Turning an ambiguous typo into the wrong word is significantly worse than leaving the typo alone. I do not think it is sensible to offer a single-click suggestion in such cases, as it makes it too easy to do a lot of damage with the tool. And "toadish" is not a typo. —Kusma 20:49, 13 January 2023 (UTC)
Examples: bird calls, made-up words, "he put a little {{not a typo|english}} on the ball", in which "english" is not capitalised. {} for items that are deliberately incorrect, because we are illustrating a point. If it is in a direct quote, use {} instead. {{Proper name}} for names, such as Flouride (not fluoride) or Pharoah (not pharaoh).