When individuals misspell words because they type wrong letter on computer

[Stromgol]

There are individuals who are nervous or they simply type too fast but when they type the wrong letter what do you call that kind of misspelling?

[5jj]

There are individuals who are nervous or they simply type too fast but when they type the wrong letter what do you call that kind of misspelling?

I call them typos.

[emsr2d2]

For information, "typo" is short for "typographical error".

[Tdol]

I use typo for a mistake that results from a lack of keyboard skills rather than ignorance.

[emsr2d2]

I use typo for a mistake that results from a lack of keyboard skills rather than ignorance.

So do I. It's very easy to mistype when you're in a hurry or you're nervous about something, resulting in typos. If you don't know how to spell a word and you type the letters that you think are used in the word, then it's a spelling error, not a typo.

[Barb_D]

When your in a real hurry sometimes you're brain sends a word that sounds like another to you're fingertips and you type what you here in your head insead of the write word even though you new what the write word should be.

That happens sometimes too, when careful writing would always produce the correct word. I consider those typos too, even though it's not quite the same as saying "I lobe you" instead of "I love you."

[5jj]

When your in a real hurry sometimes you're brain sends a word that sounds like another to you're fingertips and you type what you here in your head insead of the write word even though you new what the write word should be.

That happens sometimes too, when careful writing would always produce the correct word. I consider those typos too, even though it's not quite the same as saying "I lobe you" instead of "I love you."

WARNING to unwary learners: Barb deliberately made seven typos in that splendid post..

[Barb_D]

WARNING to unwary learners: Barb deliberately made seven typos in that splendid post..

I will leave identifying them to the readers as an exercise.

[emsr2d2]

I found eight.

[Amigos4]

When your in a real hurry sometimes you're brain sends a word that sounds like another to you're fingertips and you type what you here in your head insead of the write word even though you new what the write word should be.

That happens sometimes too, when careful writing would always produce the correct word. I consider those typos too, even though it's not quite the same as saying "I lobe you" instead of "I love you."

I respectfully disagree with the premise that the use of homophones falls into the 'typo' category. As Tdol so eloquently stated, "I use typo for a mistake that results from a lack of keyboard skills rather than ignorance." Typing "I lobe you" instead of "I love you" is a definite typo. It is a typo because the letters 'b' and 'v' are directly beside each other on the keyboard and a slip of the finger will easily produce the misspelling. Typing 'write' when the correct word should be 'right' requires a conscious effort on the part of the typist.