error

Other forms of error

plural

errors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about error

What does error mean?

error means "a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in error?

error has 2 syllables: er-ror. The stress falls on "er". In IPA it is /ˈɛɹɚ/.

What is another word for error?

Close synonyms include mistake, fault, erroneousness, erroneous belief, misplay. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is error a common word?

error is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.