How to Use typo in a Sentence

typo

noun
  • I spotted three typos on the menu.
  • The group thought that was a typo.
    — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Are there any red flags, like typos?
    — Jeremy H. Gottschalk, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • So what if the brewski might lead to a few more typos.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Instead rounds are at sizes that read as typos.
    — Renana Ashkenazi, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • None of those figures are typos.
    — Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Is that real or is some sort of typo involved?
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • These come in a pack of two, where each pair comes to around $7 apiece (no, this isn’t a typo).
    — Ali Faccenda, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2024
  • This is not to say that everyone has let go of their rancor for typos.
    — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
  • No, that's not a typo), the best biking cities and the best cities for new moms, isn't quite as clear.
    — Sarah Michels, The Enquirer, 29 June 2021
  • There’s a typo in the title, and there are tears along the poster’s edges where duct tape holds it to the wall.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
  • That is not a typo about the team that had the nation’s best offense this season.
    — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2020
  • All of them have raised their payouts at least 50% over the past year (that’s no typo).
    — Brett Owens, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Old-school phishing emails were easy to spot because of typos and bad grammar.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The past tense in the preceding paragraph is no typo.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2025
  • This story has been updated to fix a typo.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
  • These occur when a trader places the wrong bet on an asset because of a typo.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Dec. 2021
  • That means a single typo can expose your device.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Expensive Nope, that’s not a typo of retinol.
    — Neha Tandon, Glamour, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Chusovitina is 46 — that’s not a typo — and has been at or near the top of her sport for three decades.
    — New York Times, 26 July 2021
  • Cash, both in the till and on deposit, totaled $50 (that’s not a typo).
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2021
  • This story was updated to fix a typo.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This story was updated to fix a typo.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Sometimes that means there was a typo in the email address when the tickets were purchased.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 24 Aug. 2021
  • And Google’s Periscope can be fooled by simple typos and negations.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Our top 10 favorite pieces are all on sale for $10 or less — no, that’s not a typo.
    — Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
  • If you are used to thinking of parsley as a garnish, the full cup called for here might seem like a typo, but go with it.
    — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2021
  • This story was updated to fix typo.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The Simpsons‘ 31st season, which is not a typo, kicked off last month.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • This article has been updated to fix a typo.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'typo.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: