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 |
|---|---|
| inpensioner | in-pensioner (resident pensioner) |
| inphases | in-phases (electrical, in-phase components) |
| insectmonger | insect-monger, a dealer in insects |
| instrumentman | instrument-man (surveying) |
| intrigueproof | intrigue-proof |
| irisroot | iris-root |
| ironback | iron-back |
| ironbush | iron-bush |
| ironflower | iron-flower |
| ironhard | iron-hard |
| ironheaded | iron-headed |
| ironheartedly | iron-heartedly |
| ironsided | iron-sided |
| itchproof | itch-proof |
| itchreed | itch-reed |
| itchwood | itch-wood |
| ivorywood | ivory-wood |
| ivybells | ivy-bells |
| ivyberries | ivy-berries |
| ivyberry | ivy-berry |
| ivyflower | ivy-flower |
| ivyweed | ivy-weed |
| ivywood | ivy-wood |
| ivywort | ivy-wort |
| jackash | jack-ash |
| jackhead | jack-head |
| jackpile | jack-pile |
| jackpiling | jack-piling |
| jackpuddinghood | jack-puddinghood, buffoonery |
| jackrod | jack-rod |
| jackshea | jack-shea |
| jackslave | jack-slave |
| jackstock | jack-stock |
| jackweed | jack-weed |
| jamnut | jam-nut |
| januslike | Janus-like |
| jasminewood | jasmine-wood |
| jaundiceroot | jaundice-root, goldenseal |
| jawbreak | jaw-break |
| jawcrusher | jaw-crusher |
| jawfooted | jaw-footed, having maxillipeds |
| jawrope | jaw-rope, on a gaff jaw |
| jawtwister | jaw-twister, a hard word |
| jestingstock | jesting-stock |
| jestword | jest-word |
| jettyhead | jetty-head |
| jewbird | Jew-bird, a bird name |
| jibman | jib-man |
| jibmen | jib-men |
| jimmyweed | jimmy-weed, Haplopappus |
| jimsedge | jim-sedge, a sedge |
| jinglejangle | jingle-jangle |
| joebush | joe-bush, a shrub |
| jogglework | joggle-work, masonry joggle joints |
| johnadreams | John-a-dreams, a dreamer |
| joinhand | join-hand, cursive writing |
| jointwood | joint-wood |
| joukerypawkery | joukery-pawkery, Scots trickery |
| joyleaf | joy-leaf, a plant name |
| junebud | June-bud |
| junefish | June-fish |
| juneflower | June-flower |
| kalaazar | kala-azar |
| keelbill | keel-bill |
| keelbird | keel-bird |
| keelblock | keel-block |
| keeldrag | keel-drag |
| keelrake | keel-rake, to keelhaul |
| keelvat | keel-vat, a cooling vat |
| kellupweed | kellup-weed |
| kemperyman | kempery-man, a champion |
| kenningwort | kenning-wort, the celandine |
| kettlecase | kettle-case |
| kettlemaker | kettle-maker |
| kettlemaking | kettle-making |
| kevelhead | kevel-head, a nautical timber head |
| keymove | key-move |
| keyslot | key-slot |
| khakilike | khaki-like |
| kibblerman | kibbler-man |
| kidneylipped | kidney-lipped |
| kidneyroot | kidney-root |
| killeekillee | killee-killee, West Indian name for the kestrel |
| killweed | kill-weed |
| kilneye | kiln-eye |
| kilnrib | kiln-rib |
| kilnstick | kiln-stick |
| kilntree | kiln-tree |
| kinghunter | king-hunter, a kingfisher |
| kingrow | king-row, in checkers |
| kitchenwife | kitchen-wife |
| kittenhearted | kitten-hearted |
| kittycornered | kitty-cornered |
| kneebrush | knee-brush |
| kniferest | knife-rest |
| knifeway | knife-way |
| knightswort | knight's-wort |
| knitweed | knit-weed |
| knobstone | knob-stone |
| knockemdown | knock-em-down |
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