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 |
|---|---|
| cablelaid | cable-laid |
| cadbit | cad-bit, the caddis worm used as bait |
| caddicefly | caddice-fly |
| calcsinter | calc-sinter |
| calctufas | calc-tufas |
| calctuffs | calc-tuffs |
| calfkill | calf-kill, the sheep laurel |
| calicoback | calico-back, the harlequin cabbage bug |
| callowman | callow-man |
| cambricleaf | cambric-leaf |
| camelkeeper | camel-keeper |
| canalboat | canal-boat |
| cancerdrops | cancer-drops |
| cancerroot | cancer-root, the broomrape |
| candleball | candle-ball |
| candlebox | candle-box |
| candlerent | candle-rent |
| candleshrift | candle-shrift |
| candlewasting | candle-wasting |
| candyweed | candy-weed |
| cankerberry | canker-berry |
| cankerbird | canker-bird |
| cankereat | canker-eat |
| cankerflower | canker-flower |
| cankerfret | canker-fret |
| cankerroot | canker-root (goldthread) |
| canman | can-man, maker or seller of cans |
| capercut | caper-cut, a leaping dance step |
| carfloat | car-float, a railway barge |
| carpetweb | carpet-web, as of the carpet-web spider |
| carpetwoven | carpet-woven |
| carriagesmith | carriage-smith |
| carsmith | car-smith, railway-car blacksmith |
| cartboot | cart-boot |
| cartsale | cart-sale |
| cartware | cart-ware |
| casewood | case-wood |
| cashboy | cash-boy, shop errand boy |
| cashdrawer | cash-drawer |
| cashgirl | cash-girl, shop errand girl |
| cashkeeper | cash-keeper |
| casthouse | cast-house, foundry casting shed |
| catberry | cat-berry, fruit of mountain holly |
| catchland | catch-land, Norfolk land of uncertain tithe |
| catercap | cater-cap, a square four-cornered cap |
| catercousin | cater-cousin, an intimate friend |
| cateye | cat-eye |
| catfoot | cat-foot, ground ivy |
| catfooted | cat-footed |
| catmalison | cat-malison, Scots high shelf out of cats' reach |
| catpiece | cat-piece, a timber of the cathead |
| catpipe | cat-pipe, a catcall |
| catrigged | cat-rigged, of a boat with one mast forward |
| catstone | cat-stone, a standing stone; a nodular ironstone |
| cattlebush | cattle-bush, an Australian fodder shrub |
| cattlefold | cattle-fold, a pen for cattle |
| cattlegate | cattle-gate, right of pasturing a beast |
| cattlehide | cattle-hide |
| cattleship | cattle-ship, vessel for carrying cattle |
| cattleyak | cattle-yak, a cow-yak hybrid |
| cattycornered | catty-cornered, diagonal |
| cattyman | catty-man, a dealer by the catty weight |
| cattyphoid | cat-typhoid, a typhoid-like disease of cats |
| catvine | cat-vine, a climbing plant |
| catwood | cat-wood, a tree yielding light timber |
| cavekeeper | cave-keeper |
| cementmaking | cement-making |
| cementwork | cement-work |
| centervelic | center-velic, the velic centre of a sail plan |
| chaffcutter | chaff-cutter |
| chaffman | chaff-man, a dealer in chaff |
| chaffseed | chaff-seed, the plant Schwalbea |
| chainbearer | chain-bearer, a surveyor's assistant |
| chainbreak | chain-break |
| chainsman | chains-man, carrier of a surveying chain |
| chainsmen | chains-men |
| chairmender | chair-mender |
| chairmending | chair-mending |
| chalkcutter | chalk-cutter |
| chalkline | chalk-line |
| chalkrail | chalk-rail |
| chalkworker | chalk-worker |
| chamberdeacon | chamber-deacon, a medieval vagrant scholar |
| chamberfellow | chamber-fellow, a room-mate |
| chanceman | chance-man, a casual workman |
| chancemen | chance-men |
| changepocket | change-pocket |
| chariotman | chariot-man |
| chasteweed | chaste-weed, a cudweed (Gnaphalium) |
| chateaugray | chateau-gray, a greyish colour |
| checkbird | check-bird |
| checkerbellies | checker-bellies |
| checkerbelly | checker-belly |
| checkerbreast | checker-breast |
| checkhook | check-hook, a harness hook |
| checkline | check-line, a driving rein |
| checkrack | check-rack |
| checkrope | check-rope |
| checkstone | check-stone, a pebble used in a game |
| checkstrap | check-strap |
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