Error Words
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A word that lost its apostrophe when the list was flattened to plain letters.
Contractions like hasnt, mustnt and mightnt. Possessives like elses and gentlemens. Dropped g endings like givin.
This is one of six different things going on behind words with their punctuation removed.
81 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | With the apostrophe back |
|---|---|
| anybodyd | anybody'd |
| arry | 'Arry, the Cockney Harry |
| arryish | 'Arryish, in the manner of 'Arry |
| bishopscap | bishop's cap (Mitella) |
| couldn | couldn' , dialectal couldn't |
| dasnt | dasn't |
| dearthfu | dearthfu' (Scots, dearthful) |
| detat | d'état, as in coup d'état |
| didn | didn't (split at the apostrophe) |
| doesn | doesn't, split at the apostrophe |
| doeuvre | d'oeuvre, as in hors d'oeuvre |
| elses | else's |
| gentlemens | gentlemen's |
| givin | givin' |
| goatsbane | goat's-bane, aconite |
| hallowd | hallow'd |
| hasnt | hasn't |
| ifecks | i'fecks, archaic oath "in faith" |
| industrys | industry's |
| jusquaboutisme | jusqu'au-boutisme (French, extremism) |
| lambsdown | lamb's-down, a heavy knitted fabric |
| lambsuccory | lamb's succory, Arnoseris minima |
| lenvoi | l'envoi |
| lessn | less'n |
| loeil | l'œil (French, "the eye") |
| maynt | mayn't |
| mightnt | mightn't |
| mongst | 'mongst |
| mustnt | mustn't |
| neednt | needn't |
| nobodyd | nobody'd |
| norard | nor'ard, nautical for northward |
| oclock | o'clock |
| odz | 'Od's, God's, in archaic oaths |
| oneill | O'Neill |
| oshea | O'Shea |
| osullivan | O'Sullivan |
| oughtnt | oughtn't |
| ounds | 'ounds, aphetic form of zounds |
| sbodikins | 'sbodikins, an oath from God's bodikins |
| schoolmaam | schoolma'am |
| schoolmaamish | schoolma'amish |
| sdeath | 'sdeath, God's death, an old oath |
| sfoot | 'sfoot, the oath "God's foot" |
| sgad | 'sgad, a minced oath on "God" |
| shouldn | shouldn' (dialectal should not) |
| shouldnt | shouldn't |
| snipesbill | snipe's bill, a plant, also a carpenter's plane |
| somebodyll | somebody'll |
| someonell | someone'll |
| stradl | strad'l, elided straddle |
| stradld | strad'ld, elided straddled |
| strold | strol'd, elided strolled |
| strolld | stroll'd, elided strolled |
| thatd | that'd |
| thatll | that'll |
| thatn | that'n, dialect for that one |
| thered | there'd |
| therell | there'll |
| theyd | they'd |
| theyll | they'll |
| thisll | this'll |
| thouse | thou's, dialectal thou is or thou hast |
| todayll | today'll |
| topsl | tops'l |
| transfd | transf'd, transferred |
| treasr | treas'r, treasurer |
| twant | 'twant, dialectal "it wasn't" |
| unskaithd | unskaith'd, Scots for unharmed |
| usednt | usedn't |
| werent | weren't |
| whatd | what'd |
| whatre | what're |
| whatsoeer | whatsoe'er |
| whenceeer | whence'er |
| whencesoeer | whencesoe'er |
| wheneer | whene'er |
| whered | where'd |
| whereer | where'er |
| wherere | where're |
| whod | who'd |
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