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 |
|---|---|
| shamesick | shame-sick |
| shamroot | sham-root, a spurious root |
| shankpiece | shank-piece of a shoe |
| shareown | share-own, to own shares |
| sharepenny | share-penny, one who shares the gain |
| sharpsaw | sharp-saw, dialect name for the great tit |
| sharpshin | sharp-shin, the sharp-shinned hawk |
| sharpware | sharp-ware, edged goods |
| shatterbrain | shatter-brain, a scatterbrain |
| shatterheaded | shatter-headed |
| shatterwit | shatter-wit |
| shaveweed | shave-weed, the scouring rush |
| shawneewood | Shawnee-wood, the catalpa |
| sheafripe | sheaf-ripe, ready to be cut |
| sheargrass | shear-grass, a sedge |
| shearhog | shear-hog, a once-shorn sheep |
| shearmouse | shear-mouse, the shrew |
| sheaveman | sheave-man |
| shedman | shed-man |
| sheepbell | sheep-bell |
| sheepbine | sheep-bine, the bindweed |
| sheepbiting | sheep-biting, thievish |
| sheepcrook | sheep-crook |
| sheepfaced | sheep-faced, bashful |
| sheepfacedly | sheep-facedly |
| sheepfacedness | sheep-facedness |
| sheepfoot | sheep-foot |
| sheepfoots | sheep-foots |
| sheepgate | sheep-gate |
| sheepheaded | sheep-headed, stupid |
| sheephearted | sheep-hearted, timid |
| sheepkeeper | sheep-keeper |
| sheepkeeping | sheep-keeping |
| sheepkill | sheep-kill, the sheep laurel |
| sheepmint | sheep-mint, wild mint |
| sheepmonger | sheep-monger |
| sheepnose | sheep-nose, an apple variety |
| sheepnut | sheep-nut, the buffalo nut |
| sheeppen | sheep-pen |
| sheepshear | sheep-shear, sheep-shearing |
| sheepshed | sheep-shed |
| sheepsplit | sheep-split, split sheepskin leather |
| sheepsteal | sheep-steal, sheep-stealing |
| sheepwalker | sheep-walker |
| sheepweed | sheep-weed |
| sheetwriting | sheet-writing |
| sheldapple | sheld-apple, the chaffinch |
| sheldfowl | sheld-fowl, the shelduck |
| shelffellow | shelf-fellow |
| shelfpiece | shelf-piece |
| shellapple | shell-apple, the chaffinch |
| shellblow | shell-blow, the sounding of a conch |
| shellblowing | shell-blowing |
| shellbound | shell-bound |
| shelleater | shell-eater |
| shellhead | shell-head |
| shellmen | shell-men |
| shellmonger | shell-monger |
| shellpot | shell-pot |
| shellshake | shell-shake, a ring shake in timber |
| shieldboard | shield-board, the mouldboard of a plough |
| shieldflower | shield-flower |
| shiftman | shift-man, a workman on a shift |
| shillhouse | shill-house, a shelling house for grain |
| shillyshally | shilly-shally |
| shillyshallyer | shilly-shallyer |
| shinglewood | shingle-wood |
| shinwood | shin-wood |
| shipbuild | ship-build, to build ships |
| shiphire | ship-hire, freight money |
| shipmast | ship-mast |
| shipplane | ship-plane |
| shippound | ship-pound, a Baltic weight (skippund) |
| shirehouse | shire-house, the county hall |
| shirtmake | shirt-make, to make shirts |
| shirtman | shirt-man |
| shirtmen | shirt-men |
| shiverproof | shiver-proof |
| shiverweed | shiver-weed |
| shoalbrain | shoal-brain, a shallow-brained person |
| shockheadedness | shock-headedness |
| shoebinder | shoe-binder |
| shoebindery | shoe-bindery |
| shoebinding | shoe-binding |
| shoebird | shoe-bird, the shoebill |
| shoeboy | shoe-boy, a shoeblack |
| shoeflower | shoe-flower, the hibiscus |
| shoeman | shoe-man |
| shoemold | shoe-mold, a base molding |
| shoewoman | shoe-woman |
| shootman | shoot-man |
| shopwife | shop-wife, a shopwoman |
| shoreberry | shore-berry |
| shorebush | shore-bush |
| shorthandwriter | shorthand-writer |
| shorthead | short-head |
| shortheaded | short-headed, brachycephalic |
| shortheels | short-heels, an unchaste woman |
| shortstaff | short-staff, a short quarterstaff |
| shotbush | shot-bush, the bristly sarsaparilla |
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