Error

//ˈɛɹə//

Synonyms for "error" (344 found)

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Closest matches (69)

Strong matches (103)

commandcommand pulsescommandscompilercomputer codecomputer languagecomputer programcontortingcontrol signalscontrolled quantitycorrecting signalscorrigendumcrimecrime against humanitydatadeadly sindefectdelinquencydelusiondereliction
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deviationdisgracedistortionebionitismeisegesisemanatismenormityerastianismerrerrancyerratumerroneouslyerror in judgmenterror signalsetourderieevilfailurefallaciousnessfallacyfalse doctrinefalsehoodfalsenessfalsityfautefeedback pulsesfeedback signalsfelonyfilm dataflagitiousnessflawflubfollyfoozlefortranfoul-upfumblegarblinggaucheriegenocideglossgnosticismgoofguilty acthashheavy sinheresyhexadecimal systemholehowlerhuman errorhylotheismillusionimperfectionimproprietyin errorinaccuracyincorrectincorrectlyindecorumindiscretioninexpiable sininfamyinformationinfractioniniquityinjudiciousnessinjury
Verb(1 words)
err

Related words (172)

injusticeinput datainput quantityinstructionsjovinianismknaveryliterallollardymachine languagemalefactionmalentendumalfeasancemalobservationmalummanichaeanismmanichaeismmessmessageminor wrongmisadventure
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misapplicationmisappreciationmisapprehensionmisbeliefmiscalculationmiscarriagemiscitationmiscomputationmisconceptionmisconductmisconjecturemisconstructionmiscountmiscuemisdealmisdeedmisdemeanormisdoingmisestimationmisevaluationmisexplanationmisexplicationmisexpositionmisfeasancemishapmisidentificationmisintelligencemisinterpretationmisjudgmentmisplaymisprintmisquotationmisreadingmisrenderingmisreportmissmisstatementmisstepmistakenmistakenlymistranslationmisunderstandingmisusemisuse of wordsmisvaluationmonophysismmonophysitismmortal sinmuffmultiple messagesnear missnear-missnoisenonfeasancenumeric dataobliquityoctal systemoff dayoffenceoffenseomissionoscillograph dataoutputoutput dataoutput quantityoutrageoversightpantheismpeccadillopeccancypelagianismperversionplaypolar datapoor judgmentpunch-card datarandom datarectangular datareference quantityreprobacyrockruly englishsad workscandalscreamerself-contradictionshamesignalsignalssinsin of commissionsin of omissionsinful actsingle messagesskewed judgmentslipupsolecismsqueezingthinkotorttorturingtransgressiontrespasstriptwistingtypotypographical errorunorganized dataunorthodoxyuntruthunutterable sinvenial sinvillainyvisible-speech datawaldensianismwickednesswrenchingwrengthwrongwrong constructionwrong impressionwrongdoingwyclifism

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Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

16 entries

Related terms

12 entries

causes desire

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derived

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derived from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

8 entries

is a

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not has_property

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part of

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Translations

284 translations across 106 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • afwyking noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • fout noun (mistake)
  • fout noun (computing: failure to complete task)
  • fout noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Albanian

1 entries
  • gabim noun (mistake)

Arabic

4 entries
  • خَطَأ noun (mistake)
  • غلطة noun (mistake)
  • غَلَط noun (mistake)
  • غَلْطَة noun (mistake)

Archi

1 entries
  • хатӏа noun (mistake)

Armenian

2 entries
  • սխալ noun (mistake)
  • սխալ noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Asturian

2 entries
  • error noun (mistake)
  • error noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Avar

1 entries
  • гъалатӏ noun (mistake)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • səhv noun (mistake)
  • xəta noun (mistake)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • хата noun (mistake)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • памы́лка noun (mistake)
  • хі́ба noun (mistake)
  • хі́ба noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • хі́бнасць noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ভুল noun (mistake)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • त्रुटि noun (mistake)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • гре́шка noun (mistake)
  • гре́шка noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • отклоне́ние noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • пока́звам гре́шка verb (To show an error)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အမှား noun (mistake)

Catalan

2 entries
  • errada noun (mistake)
  • error noun (mistake)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • ھەڵە noun (mistake)
  • ھەڵە noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 錯誤 /错误 noun (mistake)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 錯誤 /错误 noun (mistake)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 失誤 /失误 noun (mistake)
  • 誤審 /误审 noun (appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial)
  • 誤差 /误差 noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • 錯誤 /错误 noun (mistake)

Chukchi

1 entries
  • ԓыганэн noun (mistake)

Czech

4 entries
  • chyba noun (mistake)
  • chyba noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • omyl noun (mistake)
  • pochybení noun (appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial)

Danish

4 entries
  • afvigelse noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • fejl noun (mistake)
  • fejl noun (appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial)
  • fejltagelse noun (mistake)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ކުށް noun (mistake)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afwijking noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • fout noun (mistake)
  • fout noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • onjuistheid noun (mistake)

Erzya

3 entries
  • ильведевкс noun (mistake)
  • ильведема noun (mistake)
  • ильведькс noun (mistake)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • eraro noun (mistake)
  • eraro noun (computing: failure to complete task)
  • miso noun (mistake)

Estonian

1 entries
  • viga noun (mistake)

Farefare

1 entries
  • tuure noun (mistake)

Finnish

4 entries
  • erehdys noun (mistake)
  • erehdys noun (appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial)
  • geenivirhe noun (any alteration in the DNA chemical structure)
  • virhe noun (mistake)

French

4 entries
  • erreur noun (mistake)
  • erreur noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • erreur noun (any alteration in the DNA chemical structure)
  • vice noun (appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial)

Gagauz

1 entries
  • yanlış noun (mistake)

Galician

2 entries
  • erro noun (mistake)
  • erro noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Georgian

2 entries
  • შეცდომა noun (mistake)
  • ცდომილება noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

German

4 entries
  • Fehler noun (mistake)
  • Fehler noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • Irrtum noun (appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial)
  • abbrechen verb (To show an error)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹 noun (mistake)
  • 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌹𐌸𐌰 noun (mistake)

Greek

4 entries
  • λάθος noun (mistake)
  • σφάλμα noun (mistake)
  • σφάλμα noun (computing: failure to complete task)
  • σφάλμα noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • erè noun (mistake)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 錯誤 /错误 noun (mistake)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • טָעוּת noun (mistake)
  • שְׁגִיאָה noun (mistake)
  • שְׁגִיאָה noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Hindi

3 entries
  • ग़लती noun (mistake)
  • त्रुटि noun (mistake)
  • भूल noun (mistake)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • hiba noun (mistake)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • skekkja noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • skyssa noun (mistake)
  • villa noun (mistake)
  • villa noun (baseball: play which is scored as having been made incorrectly)

Ido

1 entries
  • eroro noun (mistake)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kesalahan noun (mistake)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • اِشْتِباه noun (mistake)
  • خَطا noun (mistake)
  • غَلَط noun (mistake)

Irish

4 entries
  • botún noun (mistake)
  • dearmad noun (mistake)
  • earráid noun (mistake)
  • iomrall noun (mistake)

Italian

4 entries
  • errore noun (mistake)
  • errore noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • errore noun (baseball: play which is scored as having been made incorrectly)
  • errore noun (any alteration in the DNA chemical structure)

Japanese

4 entries
  • エラー noun (mistake)
  • エラー noun (baseball: play which is scored as having been made incorrectly)
  • 失策 noun (baseball: play which is scored as having been made incorrectly)
  • 誤り noun (mistake)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • asnera noun (mistake)

Kashubian

4 entries
  • błąd noun (mistake)
  • fel noun (mistake)
  • fela noun (mistake)
  • feler noun (mistake)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • қате noun (mistake)
  • қателік noun (mistake)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កំហុស noun (mistake)

Korean

4 entries
  • 실수 noun (mistake)
  • 실책 noun (baseball: play which is scored as having been made incorrectly)
  • 에러 noun (mistake)
  • 오류 noun (mistake)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • жаңылыш noun (mistake)
  • ката noun (mistake)

Ladino

1 entries
  • yero noun (mistake)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຂໍ້ຜິດພາດ noun (mistake)

Latin

1 entries
  • error noun (mistake)

Latvian

2 entries
  • kļūda noun (mistake)
  • novirze noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • klaida noun (mistake)
  • paklaida noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Luhya

1 entries
  • ekasoro noun (mistake)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • гре́шка noun (mistake)
  • гре́шка noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • отстапу́вање noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Malay

3 entries
  • kesalahan noun (mistake)
  • ralat noun (mistake)
  • ralat noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • തെറ്റ് noun (mistake)
  • പിശക് noun (mistake)

Marathi

2 entries
  • चूक noun (mistake)
  • त्रुटी noun (computing: failure to complete task)

Mokshan

1 entries
  • эльбятькс noun (mistake)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • алдаа noun (mistake)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • xete noun (mistake)
  • şaşî noun (mistake)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • feil noun (mistake)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • feil noun (mistake)

Occitan

1 entries
  • error noun (mistake)

Old Czech

1 entries
  • chyba noun (mistake)

Old English

1 entries
  • ġedwola noun (mistake)

Oromo

1 entries
  • dogoggora noun (mistake)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • гришка noun (mistake)
  • хиба noun (mistake)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Fäla noun (mistake)

Polish

4 entries
  • błąd noun (mistake)
  • błąd pomiaru noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • omyłka noun (mistake)
  • pomyłka noun (mistake)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • erro noun (mistake)
  • erro noun (computing: failure to complete task)
  • erro noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • erro noun (any alteration in the DNA chemical structure)

Romanian

1 entries
  • eroare noun (mistake)

Russian

3 entries
  • отклоне́ние noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • оши́бка noun (mistake)
  • погре́шность noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • iomrall noun (mistake)
  • mearachd noun (mistake)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • grjȅška noun (mistake)
  • grȅška noun (mistake)
  • pògreška noun (mistake)
  • pògrješka noun (mistake)

Slovak

4 entries
  • chyba noun (mistake)
  • chyba noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • pochybenie noun (appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial)
  • vyhadzovať chybu verb (To show an error)

Slovene

3 entries
  • napaka noun (mistake)
  • napaka noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • sodna napaka noun (appellate law: one or more mistakes in a trial)

Somali

1 entries
  • gaf noun (mistake)

Sotho

1 entries
  • phoso noun (mistake)

Spanish

4 entries
  • error noun (mistake)
  • error noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • error noun (any alteration in the DNA chemical structure)
  • trabacuenta noun (mistake)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kasoro noun (mistake)

Swedish

3 entries
  • fel noun (mistake)
  • orsaka fel verb (to cause or contain an error)
  • upptäcka fel verb (To show an error)

Tabasaran

1 entries
  • гъалатӏ noun (mistake)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • kamalian noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • mali noun (mistake)
  • mali noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Tajik

3 entries
  • иштибоҳ noun (mistake)
  • хато noun (mistake)
  • ғалат noun (mistake)

Tamil

3 entries
  • தப்பு noun (mistake)
  • தவறு noun (mistake)
  • பிழை noun (mistake)

Thai

3 entries
  • ข้อผิดพลาด noun (mistake)
  • ความผิดพลาด noun (mistake)
  • ค่าผิดพลาด noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Tocharian B

2 entries
  • nāki noun (mistake)
  • triśalñe noun (mistake)

Turkish

3 entries
  • hata noun (mistake)
  • yanlış noun (mistake)
  • yanılgı noun (mistake)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ýalňyş noun (mistake)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • відхи́лення noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • о́гріх noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • по́хибка noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)
  • погрі́шність noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Urdu

3 entries
  • بُھول noun (mistake)
  • خَطا noun (mistake)
  • غَلَطی noun (mistake)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • خاتا noun (mistake)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • gʻalat noun (mistake)
  • xato noun (mistake)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • lỗi noun (mistake)
  • sai số noun (statistics: difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)

Vilamovian

1 entries
  • faołer noun (mistake)

Volapük

1 entries
  • pöl noun (mistake)

Võro

1 entries
  • essütüs noun (mistake)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 錯誤 /错误 noun (mistake)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • גרײַז noun (mistake)
  • טעות noun (mistake)
  • פֿעלער noun (mistake)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

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You had better not repeat such an error.

Source: tatoeba (16530)

We must concede that we committed an error.

Source: tatoeba (20861)

An error was made.

Source: tatoeba (20879)

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

Source: tatoeba (22326)

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