haplography

American  

[hap-log-ruh-fee] / hæpˈlɒg rə fi /

noun

1. the accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, as in Missippi for Mississippi.

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haplography British  

/ hæpˈlɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. the accidental writing of only one letter or syllable where there should be two similar letters or syllables, as in spelling endodontics as endontics

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Etymology

Origin of haplography

First recorded in 1885–90; haplo- + -graphy

Example Sentences

Their omission would seem to be obviously due to haplography.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). by Foster, Herbert Baldwin

Quique quod is obviously prone to haplography; on the other hand, it could be a rewriting of qui quod id es, which is itself presumably a simple corruption through interchange of qui quod es id.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear