Error

/ˈɛɹə/

Synonyms for "error" (433 found)

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Closest matches (87)

Noun(28 words)

fault mistake blunder slip aberrationball fumblebarbarism bias biases bloomer blooper bloopers blundering blunders bollix boner boners boo-boo boobing break

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bug bugs clanger cock-upcomputer errorconfounddata errordata irregularity

abomination absurdityabuse of termsalbigensianism algolalphabetic dataalphanumeric codeangular dataantinomianism arianism assemblerat faultatrocity badbad jobbevuebinary digitbinary scalebinary systembit

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blemish bloomer blooper blunder bobble bogglebonehead playbonerboo booboo-boo boob botch breach bug bull bungle byte catachresis catharism clangerclerical errorclumsy performancecobol commandcommand pulsescommands compilercomputer codecomputer languagecomputer programcontortingcontrol signalscontrolled quantitycorrecting signalscorrigendum crimecrime against humanitydatadeadly sin

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Noun(39 words)

deers defectdiscrepancy prepositiondistortion of dataerrerr in calculationerroneityerroneous belieferroneousness exceptions fail fallacyfalse belieffaux pasfloater flub flubbing flubs fluff footfault

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fuckup fumbles gaffegerman missenglitch goof goofshigh deviationhowler illogic illogics imperfections impurities inaccuracy incorrectness indiscretions lapse lapses lapsus

delinquency delusion dereliction deviation disgrace distortion ebionitism eisegesis emanatism enormity erastianism errancy erratum erroneously erroneousnesserror in judgmenterror signalsetourderie evil failure

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fallaciousness fallacyfalse doctrinefalsehood falseness falsity fault fautefaux pasfeedback pulsesfeedback signalsfelonyfilm dataflagitiousness flaw flub fluff folly foozle fortran foul-up fumble gaffe garbling gaucherie genocide gloss gnosticism goofguilty acthashheavy sinheresyhexadecimal systemhole howlerhuman errorhylotheism illusion imperfection improprietyin errorinaccuracy incorrect incorrectly indecorum indiscretioninexpiable sininfamy information infraction iniquity injudiciousness injury injusticeinput datainput quantityinstructions jovinianism knavery lapse literal lollardymachine language

Verb(4 words)

deviate from the normenable oversighterr glitching

Adjective(3 words)

false ideafrench biaisgothic wato artifact

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Adjective(5 words)

major irregularityprocedural lapserandom distortionsloppy draftingstrong governmental oversight

malefaction malentendu malfeasance malobservation malum manichaeanism manichaeism mess messageminor wrongmisadventure misapplication misappreciation misapprehension misbelief miscalculation miscarriage miscitation miscomputation misconception

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misconduct misconjecture misconstruction miscount miscue misdeal misdeed misdemeanor misdoing misestimation misevaluation misexplanation misexplication misexposition misfeasance misidentification misintelligence misinterpretation misjudgment misplay misprint misquotation misreading misrendering misreport miss misstatement misstep mistake mistaken mistakenly mistranslation misunderstanding misusemisuse of wordsmisvaluation monophysism monophysitismmortal sinmuffmultiple messagesnear missnear-miss noise nonfeasancenumeric dataobliquityoctal systemoff dayoffence offense omissionoscillograph dataoutputoutput dataoutput quantityoutrage oversight pantheism peccadillo peccancy pelagianism perversion playpolar datapoor judgmentpunch-card datarandom datarectangular datareference quantityreprobacy rockruly englishsad workscandal screamer self-contradiction shame signal signals sinsin of commissionsin of omissionsinful actsingle messagesskewed judgmentslip slipup solecism squeezing stumble tort torturing transgression trespass trip twisting typotypographical errorunorganized dataunorthodoxy untruthunutterable sinvenial sinvillainyvisible-speech datawaldensianism wickedness wrenching wrongwrong constructionwrong impressionwrongdoing wyclifism

Noun(70 words)

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misjudgements misjudging misjudgment misjudgments mismatching mismeasure misphrases misplacement misplay misplaying misplays misread misstep missteps mistakes mistaking muffing muffs mumpsimus oopsyoverlook the valleyoversights parapraxis pitfall pitfallsplanning errorremainders residuals residuum schoolboy screwup slip-up slips slipup snafussoftware bugsoftware glitchsoftware malfunctionsolecism solecisms stumble sumpsimus thinko uncertainties unsounder untruthsverbal misstatementwrength wrongdoing wrongness

Verb(5 words)

miscreatemisinterpret instructionsmisstatingmisunderstand the instructionsoverlook a detail

Interjection(2 words)

oops whoops

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More general

17 entries

action defect evil evilness failure fault happening incorrectness misconception misstatement mistakenatural eventnonaccomplishment nonachievement occurrence occurrent

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More specific

15 entries

blundercalculation errorcalibration errorclerical errorhardware faultinstrument biaslogical errormiscalculate misinterpretation misjudgereading errorsensor driftsoftware bugsystem glitchtypo

Collocations

9 entries

calculation errordata errorerror messageerror ratehuman errormeasurement errorrandom errorsystem errorsystematic error

Inflections

4 entries

erred erring errors errs

Derivations

5 entries

err erroneous erroneously error-prone errors

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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You had better not repeat such an error.

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We must concede that we committed an error.

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An error was made.

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Finding a solution that worked was a process of trial and error.

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