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 |
|---|---|
| cisele | ciselé |
| clechee | cléchée (heraldic cross) |
| clich | cliché |
| cloisonn | cloisonné |
| clouee | clouée (heraldry, nailed) |
| comdia | comoedia (Latin, comedy) |
| communiqu | communiqué |
| compaa | compaña (Spanish, company) |
| companero | compañero |
| companeros | compañeros |
| concertstck | Concertstück |
| concertstuck | Concertstück |
| consomm | consommé |
| costumiere | costumière |
| cotele | côtelé, a ribbed fabric |
| coueism | Couéism, Coué's autosuggestion method |
| couturire | couturière |
| cramponnee | cramponnée, heraldic cross with cramped ends |
| crche | creche with e-grave dropped |
| cremaillere | cremaillere with accents (French zigzag work) |
| croisee | croisee with e-acute (French casement) |
| crpe | crepe with circumflex dropped |
| crusilee | crusilee with e-acute (heraldry) |
| ctelette | côtelette (French, cutlet) |
| dancettee | dancettée, heraldic zigzag |
| daubreite | daubréite, a bismuth mineral |
| dbridement | debridement |
| dclass | declasse |
| dcollet | decollete |
| dcolletage | decolletage |
| dcor | decor |
| debcle | debacle |
| deblai | deblai (Fr., excavated earth) |
| deboite | deboite (ballet step) |
| deboites | deboites |
| declassee | declassee |
| decousu | decousu (Fr., disconnected) |
| defaitiste | defaitiste (Fr., defeatist) |
| degage | degage (Fr., unconstrained) |
| degomme | degomme (Fr., degummed silk) |
| delassement | delassement (Fr., relaxation) |
| demele | demele (Fr., a quarrel) |
| demembre | demembre (Fr./her., dismembered) |
| dentelliere | dentellière, French lace-maker |
| depayse | dépaysé, French, out of one's element |
| depaysee | dépaysée, fem. of dépaysé |
| derrire | derrière, French, the buttocks |
| desagrement | désagrément, an annoyance |
| desobligeant | désobligeant, a one-seat carriage |
| desoeuvre | désœuvré, idle or unoccupied |
| desuvre | désœuvré, idle |
| detache | détaché, detached bowing in music |
| detenu | détenu, a prisoner |
| detenue | détenue, a female prisoner |
| detenues | détenues, female prisoners |
| detenus | détenus, prisoners |
| detraque | détraqué, deranged person |
| dezaley | Dézaley, Swiss wine district |
| diegueno | Diegueño |
| discothque | discothèque |
| dmarche | demarche |
| dmod | demode |
| dobrao | dobrao, Portuguese gold coin |
| donnee | donnee, French, the given premise |
| donnees | donnees, French plural |
| doppelkummel | Doppelkummel, German liqueur |
| dossiere | dossière, backplate of armour |
| douzieme | douzième, French, a twelfth (watchmaking) |
| douziemes | douzièmes, plural |
| dtente | détente |
| dureresque | Düreresque, in the manner of Dürer |
| ebauchoir | ébauchoir, a sculptor's tool |
| eboulement | éboulement, a landslip |
| ecartes | écartés (the card game) |
| echafaudage | échafaudage, scaffolding |
| echappe | échappé (ballet step) |
| echappee | échappée |
| echevin | échevin, a French alderman |
| eclairissement | éclaircissement, a clearing up |
| ecole | école, school |
| ecoles | écoles, schools |
| ecorche | écorché, a flayed anatomical figure |
| ecoute | écoute, a listening gallery in fortification |
| ecrase | écrasé, crushed (of leather) |
| ecrevisse | écrevisse, crayfish |
| ecroulement | écroulement, a collapse or falling in |
| ecuelle | écuelle, a bowl; citrus-oil process |
| egalite | égalité |
| egalites | égalités |
| egards | égards (French, regard) |
| eireannach | Éireannach (Irish, an Irishman) |
| elysee | Élysée |
| emboitement | emboîtement (biology, encasement) |
| embusqu | embusqué (French, a war shirker) |
| emigr | émigré |
| empiecement | empiècement (dressmaker's yoke) |
| endiablee | endiablée (French, devilish) |
| enfoncee | enfoncée (French, sunken) |
| englante | englanté (heraldry, acorned) |
| engouee | engouée (French, infatuated) |
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