ghost word

1. 1.

   a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error

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Questions about ghost word

What does ghost word mean?

ghost word means "a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error".

Is ghost word a common word?

ghost word is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.