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Definition: Erratum |
ErratumNoun1. A mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "erratum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Etymology: Erratum \Er*ra"tum\, noun; plural Errata. [Latin expression, from errare, erratum, to wander, err. See Err.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: ErratumSynonyms: literal (n), literal error (n), misprint (n), typo (n), typographical error (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Error | Mistake; miss, fault, blunder, quiproquo, cross purposes, oversight, misprint, erratum, corrigendum, slip, blot, flaw, loose thread; trip, stumble; (failure); botchery; (want of skill); slip of the tongue, slip of the lip, Freudian slip; slip of the pen; lapsus linguae, clerical error; bull; (absurdity); haplography. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Erratum |
| English words defined with "erratum": Errata. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "erratum": ALGOL 60 Modified. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Erratum" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (erratum), Latin (e, e-, Er, ER-, ER+, err., error, error , fault, mistake). |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The cat is the erratum of the mouse. |
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| "Erratum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Erratum" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "erratum": Published Erratum [Publication Type]. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
erratum | 28 |
erase erratum | 27 |
corrige erratum | 3 |
erratum sheet | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "erratum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gabim shtypi (corrigendum, literal, misprint), gabim në të shkruar (slip of the pen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | خطأ مطبعي (corrigendum, misprint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | грешка на перото (slip of the pen), печатна грешка (corrigendum, literal, misprint, typo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tisková chyba (misprint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فهرست اغلاط. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | erratum (errata). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Druckfehler (compositor's error, defect in printing, errata, literal, literal error, literal mistake, misprint, printer's error). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | טעות "פוס (misprint, typo). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sajtóhiba (errata, literal, misprint, typo, typographical error), elírás (a slip of the pen, errata, slip of the pen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ralat (rectification), kesalahan tulis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | errore di stampa (compositor's error, corrigendum, defect in printing, errata, flaw in printing, misprint, printer's error). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | screeuyn marranys, marran (bloomer, gaffe, mistake, slip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erratumay instável (ambulatory, astatic, baffling, bumpy, cavy, changeable, fickle, incandesce, inconstant, infirm, kid glove, labor, lubricous, mobile home, mutable, off balance, slippery, slippy, temperamental, ticklish, Tippy, tottering, unreliable, unsound, unstable, unsteady, variable, wayward, wonky). (various references) eratã (errata). (various references) опечатка (clerical error, corrigendum, errata, literal, literal error, misprint, typo). (various references) štamparska greška (corrigendum, literal, misprint). (various references) errata (literal, misprint). (various references) tryckfel (literal, misprint, printer's error), skrivfel (clerical error, slink of the pen, slip of the pen, typing error), rättelselista i bok. (various references) yazım hatası (clerical error, errata, lapse of pen), yanlış-doğru cetveli (corrigenda, errata), dizgi hatası (errata, printer's error, typographic error). (various references) описка, недогляд (default, dereliction, inadvertence, inadvertency, neglect, negligence, omission, overlook, oversight). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Erratum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Derartu, eraium, erratuc, Erwarton, Fratrum, Neeraum, relatum, serratum, teratoma. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "erratum" (pronounced 'Er*ra"tum'): Aconitum, Adiantum, Amentum, Arboretum, Datum, Desideratum, Dictum, Equisetum, Factotum, Factum, Fretum, frustum, Hamatum, Incertum, Juramentum, mentum, Mesonotum, Mesorectum, Mesoscutum, Metanotum, momentum, Multum, Notum, Oblatum, Omentum, Petrolatum, Pilentum, Pinetum, Plebiscitum, Postfactum, Postulatum, Prescutum, Prolatum, Pronotum, Punctum, Quantum, Quotum, rectum, sanctum, Sarcoseptum, scrotum, Scutum, septum, sputum, stratum, Striatum, Submentum, substratum, Superstatum, Tapetum. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: maturer. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-r-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: armure, mature. | |
-2 letters: armer, armet, mater, murra, murre, muter, ramet, rater, rearm, tamer, tarre, terra, truer, urare, urate. | |
-3 letters: arum, mare, mart, mate, maut, meat, meta, mura, mure, murr, mute, rare, rate, ream, rear, ruer, tame, tare, team, tear, term, tram, true, urea. | |
-4 letters: amu, are, arm, art, ate, ear, eat, eau, emu, era. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-r-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: armature, veratrum. | |
+2 letters: arboretum, armatured, armatures, marquetry, mercurate, numerator, premature, tambourer, terrarium, veratrums. | |
+3 letters: arboretums, dramaturge, drumbeater, enumerator, extramural, intermural, marguerite, mercurated, mercurates, mortuaries, numerators, overmature, prematures, reargument, remunerate, supersmart, tambourers, terrariums. | |
+4 letters: burgomaster, crematorium, dramaturges, drumbeaters, enumerators, eurythermal, marguerites, mariculture, marqueterie, marquetries, mercurating, mercuration, multibarrel, prematurely, prematurity, rearguments, reformulate, remunerated, remunerates, remunerator, rudimentary, supermarket, temerarious, temperature, termitarium, tetramerous, triumvirate, truckmaster, ultramarine, ultramodern. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 72 72 61 74 75 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-. .-. .- - ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110010 01110010 01100001 01110100 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E r r a t u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0072 0072 0061 0074 0075 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39848467868779 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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