haplography

English

Etymology

From haplo- +‎ -graphy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæpˈlɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

haplography (countable and uncountable, plural haplographies)

1. Accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, for example, mispell for misspell.
   • 1999, Elaine Treharne, “Romanticizing the Past in the Middle English Athelston”, in The Review of English Studies, Oxford University Press:

     In the apparatus of Trounce's edition, dittography occurs at line 266, haplography at line 352, and there are numerous erasures and corrections within the text.

Related terms

• haplology

Translations

accidental omission

• Galician: haplografía (gl) f
• Greek: απλογραφία (el) f (aplografía)
• Swedish: haplografi c