Error Words
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A word that lost its accents instead of having them converted.
Sometimes the whole letter goes with them. htel is hôtel, dcor is décor, crpe is crêpe, debcle is débâcle.
The same thing happens to æ and œ. anmia is anæmia with the æ deleted, not a misspelling of the modern anemia.
471 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 accents back |
|---|---|
| abecedaire | abécédaire |
| acariatre | acariâtre |
| accolle | accollé |
| accollee | accollée |
| acemila | acémila |
| acquereur | acquéreur |
| adossee | adossée |
| agacant | agaçant |
| agacante | agaçante |
| agregation | agrégation |
| agrege | agrégé |
| agreges | agrégés |
| agremens | agrémens (amenities) |
| agujon | agujón (needlefish) |
| aiguiere | aiguière (a ewer) |
| ainee | aînée (elder, fem.) |
| ajonjoli | ajonjolí (sesame) |
| alcaiceria | alcaicería (silk market) |
| alencon | Alençon (lace) |
| alencons | Alençons |
| allegresse | allégresse |
| almacen | almacén |
| alvissmal | Alvíssmál |
| anciennete | ancienneté |
| angouleme | Angoulême |
| anmia | anæmia |
| annerodite | annerödite |
| anstosse | Anstösse |
| aoli | aïoli |
| appaume | appaumé |
| appointe | appointé |
| appreteur | apprêteur |
| apritif | apéritif |
| araignee | araignée |
| arrayan | arrayán (Chilean myrtle) |
| arretez | arrêtez (French, "stop") |
| arvejon | arvejón (Spanish, a large pea) |
| atacameno | Atacameño |
| athenee | athénée |
| aubepine | aubépine |
| aufklarung | Aufklärung |
| aumoniere | aumônière |
| azafran | azafrán, Spanish for saffron |
| baillone | baillonné (heraldry, holding a staff) |
| bascunan | Bascuñán |
| batarde | bâtarde (French cursive script) |
| batonne | bâtonné |
| batonnier | bâtonnier (head of a French bar) |
| becasse | bécasse (woodcock) |
| becassine | bécassine (snipe) |
| beneficiaire | bénéficiaire |
| bergere | bergère |
| bergeres | bergères |
| bermensch | Übermensch |
| betises | bêtises |
| bevue | bévue |
| bibliothque | bibliothèque |
| bienseance | bienséance |
| bientt | bientôt |
| blodite | blödite (mineral) |
| bodegon | bodegón (Spanish tavern; still-life) |
| bohmite | böhmite (aluminium mineral) |
| bonnetiere | bonnetière (French cabinet) |
| bonnetieres | bonnetières |
| borinqueno | borinqueño (Puerto Rican) |
| botonn | botonné (heraldic cross) |
| botonnee | botonnée |
| bouchee | bouchée (small patty) |
| bouchees | bouchées |
| boucl | bouclé (looped yarn or fabric) |
| bouillone | bouillonné (puffed dress trimming) |
| bouquetiere | bouquetière (flower-girl; garnish style) |
| brotchen | Brötchen |
| brujeria | brujería |
| brulee | brûlée |
| bruyere | bruyère |
| btise | bêtise |
| bunuelo | buñuelo |
| burele | burelé |
| cabecudo | cabeçudo |
| canamo | cáñamo, Spanish hemp |
| canap | canapé |
| cannele | cannelé |
| canoncito | cañoncito, small canyon |
| caponniere | caponnière, a fortification work |
| careme | carême, Lent |
| carreton | carretón, a cart |
| caserios | caseríos, hamlets |
| caviteno | Caviteño, native of Cavite in the Philippines |
| cercelee | cercelée, heraldic cross with curled ends |
| champlev | champleve |
| champleve | champleve (enamel in hollowed cells) |
| chaumiere | chaumiere, a French thatched cottage |
| chaussees | chaussees, paved roads |
| cheneaus | cheneaus, roof gutters/cresting |
| chevee | chevee, a gem cut hollow |
| chevrone | chevronne, heraldry: divided chevronwise |
| chiffonnieres | chiffonnieres, small chests of drawers |
| chrysopee | chrysopée |
| chteau | château |
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