► mistake something incorrect that you accidentally do, say, or write: · a spelling mistake· I made a mistake – it should say £230, not £320.
► error formal a mistake: · an error in the report· grammatical errors· He had made a serious error on his tax form.
► misprint a small mistake in something that is printed: · There was a misprint in the article, and instead of ‘pleasant’ it said ‘pheasant’.
► typo informal a mistake in something that has been typed or printed: · I spotted a couple of typos in the letter.
► inaccuracy formal a piece of information that is not completely correct: · The report contained several inaccuracies.
► mix-up a careless mistake in which one name, time, address etc has been confused with another, so that the details of something are wrong: · There was a mix-up over the train times and I missed my train.
► slip-up a careless mistake when you are doing something: · The other team took advantage of the goalie’s slip-up.
► oversight a mistake in which you forget something or do not notice something: · Through some oversight, the brochures were not ready by the right date.
► a slip of the tongue a mistake in which you accidentally say a similar sounding word: · When I said Thursday, I meant Tuesday. It was a slip of the tongue.
► faux pas formal an embarrassing mistake in a social situation, when you do or say something that you shouldn’t: · Harris, trying to be funny, addressed the waiter as ‘boy’. A deathly silence followed this faux pas.
a small mistake in the way something has been typed or printed