Error Words
We're sure about this one.
A hyphenated word run together into one string.
This is the biggest single error in the list, more than twice the size of typos. knockemdown is knock-em-down, allround is all-round, filmmake is film-make.
Nobody who wrote the dictionary got these wrong. The hyphen was removed when the word list was cut down to letters only.
4,861 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 hyphen back |
|---|---|
| collarbird | collar-bird |
| collarman | collar-man |
| combflower | comb-flower |
| commandoman | commando-man |
| conchfish | conch-fish |
| conchfishes | conch-fishes |
| conemaker | cone-maker |
| conemaking | cone-making |
| confervalike | conferva-like |
| contraprop | contra-prop, contra-rotating propeller |
| contraprops | contra-props |
| convictfish | convict-fish |
| convictfishes | convict-fishes |
| coolerman | cooler-man, workman tending the coolers |
| coolweed | cool-weed, Pilea pumila |
| coonroot | coon-root, the bloodroot |
| copperbottom | copper-bottom |
| coppernose | copper-nose, a red nose |
| coppernosed | copper-nosed |
| copperproof | copper-proof |
| coppersidesman | copper-sidesman |
| copperskin | copper-skin, an American Indian |
| copperwing | copper-wing |
| copperytailed | coppery-tailed |
| copplecrown | copple-crown, a crest or topknot |
| copycutter | copy-cutter, in printing |
| copyfitter | copy-fitter |
| copyfitting | copy-fitting |
| copyman | copy-man, one who copies |
| coralflower | coral-flower |
| cordleaf | cord-leaf |
| corkmaker | cork-maker |
| corkmaking | cork-making |
| cornbell | corn-bell, the cornflower |
| cornberry | corn-berry, the cranberry |
| cornbin | corn-bin |
| cornbole | corn-bole, the cornflower |
| cornbottle | corn-bottle, the cornflower |
| corncrusher | corn-crusher |
| corncutting | corn-cutting |
| cornhouse | corn-house, a granary |
| cornmaster | corn-master, a grain grower or dealer |
| cornpipe | corn-pipe, a pipe of stalk |
| cornrick | corn-rick |
| cornroot | corn-root |
| cornstook | corn-stook, a shock of sheaves |
| costusroot | costus-root |
| cotbetty | cot-betty, a man who meddles in housework |
| cotterway | cotter-way, the slot for a cotter pin |
| cottonbush | cotton-bush |
| coughroot | cough-root, a plant used for coughs |
| coughweed | cough-weed, a plant used for coughs |
| countermaid | counter-maid, a girl serving at a shop counter |
| countfish | count-fish, fish sold by the count |
| courtroll | court-roll, record of a manorial court |
| cowbrute | cow-brute, US dial. for a bovine |
| cowbyre | cow-byre, a cow shed |
| cowgate | cow-gate, pasturage right for one cow |
| cowhorn | cow-horn |
| cowkine | cow-kine, cattle |
| cowsucker | cow-sucker, bird fabled to suck cows |
| cowtongue | cow-tongue, a plant name |
| cowweed | cow-weed, cow parsley |
| crabcatcher | crab-catcher, a West Indian heron |
| crabeating | crab-eating, as in crab-eating macaque |
| crabmill | crab-mill, mill for crushing crab apples |
| crabsidle | crab-sidle, to move sideways like a crab |
| cradlechild | cradle-child, an infant |
| cradlefellow | cradle-fellow |
| cradletime | cradle-time, infancy |
| cragwork | crag-work, rustic rockwork masonry |
| crakefeet | crake-feet, dial. name for the crowfoot |
| crampbit | cramp-bit, a cramp iron or tool |
| cranebill | crane-bill, the geranium |
| crankdisk | crank-disk |
| crankplate | crank-plate |
| crapshooting | crap-shooting |
| crateman | crate-man |
| cratemen | crate-men |
| crawleyroot | crawley-root, the coralroot Corallorhiza |
| crayonstone | crayon-stone, lithographic stone |
| crazingmill | crazing-mill, a tin-ore crushing mill |
| crazycat | crazy-cat |
| creamfruit | cream-fruit, an African vine |
| creammaker | cream-maker |
| creammaking | cream-making |
| creatinephosphoric | creatine-phosphoric |
| creedbound | creed-bound |
| creekstuff | creek-stuff, alluvial creek gravel |
| creepmousy | creep-mousy, timid |
| cressweed | cress-weed |
| cresswort | cress-wort |
| cribbiter | crib-biter |
| cribbiting | crib-biting |
| crookbilled | crook-billed |
| crookedbacked | crooked-backed |
| crookfingered | crook-fingered |
| crookheaded | crook-headed |
| crookkneed | crook-kneed |
| crooklegged | crook-legged |
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