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 |
|---|---|
| heartweed | heart-weed |
| heartwort | heart-wort |
| heartwounding | heart-wounding |
| heatdrop | heat-drop |
| heatdrops | heat-drops |
| heaterman | heater-man |
| heatmaker | heat-maker |
| heatmaking | heat-making |
| heavyback | heavy-back |
| heddlemaker | heddle-maker |
| hedgebreaker | hedge-breaker |
| hedgesmith | hedge-smith, an inferior smith |
| hedgetaper | hedge-taper, the mullein |
| hedgeweed | hedge-weed, hedge mustard |
| hedgewood | hedge-wood |
| heelband | heel-band |
| heelcap | heel-cap |
| heelgrip | heel-grip |
| heelstrap | heel-strap |
| heeltree | heel-tree |
| hellhag | hell-hag |
| hellroot | hell-root, the broomrape |
| hellship | hell-ship |
| hellvine | hell-vine |
| helmetflower | helmet-flower, monkshood |
| helmetpod | helmet-pod |
| helterskelteriness | helter-skelteriness |
| hempbush | hemp-bush |
| hempherds | hemp-herds, the woody refuse of hemp |
| hempstring | hemp-string, one fit for the gallows |
| henbill | hen-bill |
| henhawk | hen-hawk |
| henheartedness | hen-heartedness, cowardice |
| henmoldy | hen-moldy, of soil bearing hen-mould |
| henwile | hen-wile |
| herbbane | herb-bane |
| herbman | herb-man, a dealer in herbs |
| herbwife | herb-wife, a woman selling herbs |
| heresyproof | heresy-proof |
| heroworshipper | hero-worshipper |
| hideland | hide-land, land reckoned in hides |
| higglehaggle | higgle-haggle |
| highboard | high-board |
| highdaddies | high-daddies |
| highdaddy | high-daddy |
| highhat | high-hat |
| highhatting | high-hatting |
| highholder | high-holder, the flicker |
| highhole | high-hole, the flicker |
| highliving | high-living |
| highmoor | high-moor, upland peat bog |
| highpockets | high-pockets, a tall person |
| hillberry | hill-berry |
| hillbird | hill-bird |
| hillsale | hill-sale |
| hillsalesman | hill-salesman |
| hillsite | hill-site |
| hilltopped | hill-topped |
| hinddeck | hind-deck |
| hindhand | hind-hand |
| hindsaddle | hind-saddle, a butcher's cut |
| hingecorner | hinge-corner |
| hingeflower | hinge-flower |
| hintproof | hint-proof |
| hipmold | hip-mold, molding on a hip roof |
| hissproof | hiss-proof |
| hitchproof | hitch-proof |
| hoardward | hoard-ward, guardian of a treasure |
| hoarheaded | hoar-headed |
| hoarwort | hoar-wort |
| hoaryheaded | hoary-headed |
| hoaxproof | hoax-proof |
| hockmoney | hock-money, collected at Hocktide |
| hockshin | hock-shin |
| hogbush | hog-bush |
| hogmace | hog-mace |
| hollowfaced | hollow-faced |
| hollowfoot | hollow-foot |
| hollyleaf | holly-leaf |
| homecome | home-come |
| homecroft | home-croft |
| homecrofter | home-crofter |
| homecrofting | home-crofting |
| homefarer | home-farer |
| homefarm | home-farm |
| homefolk | home-folk |
| homefolks | home-folks |
| homegoer | home-goer |
| homeground | home-ground |
| homelovingness | home-lovingness |
| homeown | home-own, to own one's dwelling |
| honeyballs | honey-balls |
| honeybind | honey-bind, the honeysuckle |
| honeybloom | honey-bloom, spreading dogbane |
| honeydrop | honey-drop |
| honeyhearted | honey-hearted |
| honeylipped | honey-lipped |
| honeymonth | honey-month, the honeymoon |
| honeymoonlight | honeymoon-light |
| honeymoonshine | honeymoon-shine |
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