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 |
|---|---|
| ramosopinnate | ramoso-pinnate |
| ramososubdivided | ramoso-subdivided |
| ramrodlike | ramrod-like |
| rancorproof | rancor-proof |
| rangeheads | range-heads |
| ransomfree | ransom-free |
| rapeoil | rape-oil, rapeseed oil |
| ratbite | rat-bite, as in rat-bite fever |
| rattattoo | rat-tat-too, imitative of drumming |
| rattlebones | rattle-bones, bones clacked as an instrument |
| rattlejack | rattle-jack, a plant of the rattle kind |
| rattlenut | rattle-nut, a nut loose in its husk |
| rattleskulled | rattle-skulled, giddy or empty-headed |
| rattletybang | rattlety-bang, noisy and clattering |
| ravehook | rave-hook, a caulker's raking tool |
| razoredge | razor-edge |
| reapdole | reap-dole, a customary dole to reapers |
| reasonproof | reason-proof |
| rebelproof | rebel-proof |
| rebuffproof | rebuff-proof |
| rebukeproof | rebuke-proof |
| recurvopatent | recurvo-patent |
| recurvoternate | recurvo-ternate |
| redbrush | red-brush, a shrub name |
| redfoot | red-foot |
| redhearted | red-hearted |
| redhoop | red-hoop |
| redjacket | red-jacket |
| redknees | red-knees, the persicaria plant |
| redtab | red-tab, a British staff officer |
| redwithe | red-withe, a West Indian climbing plant |
| reedbush | reed-bush |
| reedplot | reed-plot, a bed of reeds |
| reeffish | reef-fish |
| reeffishes | reef-fishes |
| reformproof | reform-proof |
| relapseproof | relapse-proof |
| relayman | relay-man |
| remorseproof | remorse-proof |
| renderset | render-set, plastering in render and set coats |
| reresupper | rere-supper, a late supper after the main one |
| resinbush | resin-bush, a South African shrub |
| restbalk | rest-balk, an unploughed strip of land |
| rewardproof | reward-proof |
| rhodeswood | Rhodes-wood, a rosewood |
| rhymeproof | rhyme-proof |
| rhythmproof | rhythm-proof |
| ribandmaker | riband-maker, a ribbon maker |
| ribskin | rib-skin, a leather guard worn in dressing flax |
| rickstick | rick-stick, a tool used in building hayricks |
| ridgetree | ridge-tree, the ridgepole of a roof |
| ridingman | riding-man, a horseman |
| ridingmen | riding-men |
| rightheaded | right-headed, of sound mind |
| righthearted | right-hearted, upright in heart |
| rillstone | rill-stone, a stone lying in a rill |
| ringeye | ring-eye, an eye ringed with white |
| ringgiving | ring-giving, the bestowing of rings |
| ringgoer | ring-goer, one who frequents the ring |
| ringmaker | ring-maker |
| ringstick | ring-stick, a tapered gauge for ring sizes |
| ringtaw | ring-taw, a game of marbles |
| ringtime | ring-time, the season for wedding rings |
| ringwalk | ring-walk, a hunter's circuit round a covert |
| ripstone | rip-stone |
| ripup | rip-up, a tearing up |
| riverbush | river-bush, a riverside shrub |
| riverdamp | river-damp, mist rising off a river |
| roadtrack | road-track |
| rochelime | roche-lime, quicklime in lumps |
| rockbell | rock-bell |
| rockbird | rock-bird |
| rockborn | rock-born |
| rockbrush | rock-brush |
| rockribbed | rock-ribbed |
| rockskipper | rock-skipper, a blenny of the rocks |
| rockstaff | rock-staff, a rocking lever |
| rocktree | rock-tree |
| rolleyway | rolley-way, an underground tramway in a mine |
| rolleywayman | rolley-wayman, a miner tending the rolley-way |
| romancemonger | romance-monger |
| romanceproof | romance-proof |
| roodstone | rood-stone, a stone crucifix or its base |
| roofman | roof-man, a workman on roofs |
| roofmen | roof-men, workmen on roofs |
| roofpole | roof-pole, the ridge pole of a roof |
| ropelayer | rope-layer, one who lays strands into rope |
| ropelaying | rope-laying |
| rosetan | rose-tan, a pinkish tan colour |
| rosetangle | rose-tangle, a red seaweed |
| rougeberry | rouge-berry, the rouge plant Rivina humilis |
| roughdraft | rough-draft |
| roughdress | rough-dress, to dress stone coarsely |
| roughfooted | rough-footed, feathered on the legs |
| roughhearted | rough-hearted |
| roughheartedness | rough-heartedness |
| roughhewer | rough-hewer |
| roughride | rough-ride |
| roughroot | rough-root, a plant with a rough rootstock |
| roughslant | rough-slant |
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