Example Sentences

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As iMessage stands now, if you mistype something to a friend you have to correct it immediately after in a subsequent text.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2022

There is also a feature that will stop you from accidentally going to a problematic site due to a mistype.

From The Verge • May 10, 2022

In recent versions of both iOS and Android, autocorrect has made big leaps, making it less irritating when your thumbs accidentally mistype a letter.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2018

What ever made me think that McPhee would misspell, or even mistype, the word “few”?

From The New Yorker • Feb. 16, 2015

It’s easy to mistype a colon for a semi-colon and get vexing error messages.

From Forbes • Aug. 23, 2012