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 |
|---|---|
| spiritlamp | spirit-lamp |
| spiritleaf | spirit-leaf |
| spiritlevel | spirit-level |
| spiteproof | spite-proof |
| spitfrog | spit-frog |
| spitkid | spit-kid, a ship's spittoon tub |
| spittlefork | spittle-fork, a small digging fork |
| spittleman | spittle-man, an inmate of a spital or hospital |
| spittlemen | spittle-men |
| spittlestaff | spittle-staff, a staff with a blade for cutting weeds |
| splashwing | splash-wing |
| splatterfaced | splatter-faced, broad and flat faced |
| splaymouth | splay-mouth, a wide crooked mouth |
| splaymouthed | splay-mouthed |
| splaymouths | splay-mouths |
| splendorproof | splendor-proof |
| splendourproof | splendour-proof |
| splineway | spline-way, the groove a spline runs in |
| splintbone | splint-bone |
| splintwood | splint-wood |
| splitbeak | split-beak |
| splitfruit | split-fruit |
| splitmouth | split-mouth, a fish |
| splitnut | split-nut |
| splitsaw | split-saw |
| splittail | split-tail, a Californian fish |
| splitterman | splitter-man |
| splitworm | split-worm |
| spoilbank | spoil-bank, heaped excavated earth |
| spongeflies | sponge-flies |
| spongefly | sponge-fly |
| spongeproof | sponge-proof |
| spongewood | sponge-wood |
| spoonback | spoon-back, of a chair |
| spoonholder | spoon-holder |
| spoonhutch | spoon-hutch |
| spotrump | spot-rump, a sandpiper |
| spottail | spot-tail, a shiner or bass |
| spotwelder | spot-welder |
| spoutman | spout-man |
| spragman | sprag-man, mining |
| springfinger | spring-finger |
| springfishes | spring-fishes |
| springgun | spring-gun |
| springlock | spring-lock |
| springtrap | spring-trap |
| springworm | spring-worm |
| sprinkleproof | sprinkle-proof |
| sprittail | sprit-tail, a name for the pintail duck |
| sproutland | sprout-land, cutover land in regrowth |
| spunware | spun-ware |
| spunyarn | spun-yarn, nautical |
| spurmoney | spur-money, fine for wearing spurs in church |
| spurnpoint | spurn-point, an old game |
| spurproof | spur-proof |
| spurrial | spur-rial, the spur-royal coin |
| spurtleblade | spurtle-blade, Scots for a sword |
| spyfault | spy-fault, one who spies out faults |
| spytower | spy-tower, a watchtower |
| squarecap | square-cap, the academic cap |
| squareface | square-face, gin in a square bottle |
| squaremouth | square-mouth |
| squaretoed | square-toed |
| squatmore | squat-more, a plant root (more = root) |
| squatterproof | squatter-proof |
| squawflower | squaw-flower |
| squawtits | squaw-tits, a folk plant name |
| squeezeman | squeeze-man |
| squibcrack | squib-crack |
| stablemeal | stable-meal, a feed given at a stable |
| stablestand | stable-stand, old forest-law offence |
| stackman | stack-man, one who builds stacks |
| stackmen | stack-men |
| staddlestone | staddle-stone, a rick support |
| staffstriker | staff-striker |
| stagbush | stag-bush, the black haw |
| staghead | stag-head, a dead-topped tree |
| stairbeak | stair-beak, a bird name |
| stakemaster | stake-master |
| stakerope | stake-rope |
| stallboat | stall-boat, a moored fishing boat |
| stammelcolor | stammel-color, a bright red |
| stamphead | stamp-head, of a stamp mill |
| stampman | stamp-man, a worker at the ore stamps |
| stampmen | stamp-men, workers at the ore stamps |
| stampsman | stamps-man, a man who tends the stamps |
| stampsmen | stamps-men, men who tend the stamps |
| stampweed | stamp-weed, a name for the marsh elder |
| standback | stand-back, a step or move backward |
| standpost | stand-post, a street water post |
| starblind | star-blind, dim-sighted, purblind |
| starbloom | star-bloom, a star-flowered plant |
| starbright | star-bright, bright as a star |
| starchboard | starch-board, a board used in starching |
| starchflower | starch-flower, a plant yielding starch |
| starchmaker | starch-maker |
| starchmaking | starch-making |
| starshake | star-shake, a radial split in timber |
| starshoot | star-shoot, the nostoc jelly thought fallen from a star |
| starshot | star-shot, the same nostoc jelly |
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