Error Words
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A word that lost its accents instead of having them converted.
Sometimes the whole letter goes with them. htel is hôtel, dcor is décor, crpe is crêpe, debcle is débâcle.
The same thing happens to æ and œ. anmia is anæmia with the æ deleted, not a misspelling of the modern anemia.
471 words · sorted A to Z · each with a line on why it is here
Matches the word itself, not the note beside it. Case does not matter.
| Word, sorted Z to A | With the accents back |
|---|---|
| rontgenographically | rontgenographically (Rontgen) |
| rontgenography | rontgenography, X-ray photography (Rontgen) |
| rontgenologic | rontgenologic (Rontgen) |
| rontgenological | rontgenological (Rontgen) |
| rontgenologist | rontgenologist (Rontgen) |
| rontgenology | rontgenology (Rontgen) |
| rontgenoscope | rontgenoscope (Rontgen) |
| rontgenoscopic | rontgenoscopic (Rontgen) |
| rontgenoscopy | rontgenoscopy (Rontgen) |
| rontgens | rontgens, units of X-ray dose (Rontgen) |
| rsum | resume with acutes, a curriculum vitae |
| rudesheimer | Rudesheimer with umlaut, a Rhine wine |
| rulander | Rulander with umlaut, the Pinot Gris grape |
| saarbrucken | Saarbrucken with umlaut, a German city |
| sangerbund | Sangerbund, German Sangerbund with umlaut |
| sangerfest | Sangerfest, German Sangerfest with umlaut |
| schonfelsite | Schönfelsite, a basalt from Schönfels |
| schwarmerei | Schwärmerei |
| schweizerkase | Schweizerkäse |
| seorita | senorita with the tilde n dropped |
| sjomil | sjömil, the Scandinavian sea mile |
| sjomila | sjömila, plural of sjömil |
| skalpund | skålpund, the Swedish pound |
| slainte | sláinte, the Gaelic toast |
| smaltost | smältost, Swedish melted cheese |
| smorebro | smørebrød, the Norwegian open sandwich; the final d is lost with the accents |
| smrgs | smörgås, Swedish open sandwich |
| smrrebrd | smørrebrød, Danish open sandwich |
| societe | société, French for society |
| societeit | sociëteit, Dutch for a club or society |
| soign | soigné, well-groomed |
| solfge | solfège, sight-singing by sol-fa |
| sondergotter | Sondergötter, German for the special-function gods |
| souffl | soufflé |
| soupiere | soupière, a soup tureen |
| soupieres | soupières, soup tureens |
| soupon | soupçon, a trace or hint |
| stokavci | Stokavci with a caron, speakers of Stokavian |
| stubchen | Stübchen, an old German liquid measure |
| tandsticka | tändsticka |
| tandstickor | tändstickor |
| tannhauser | Tannhäuser |
| tatmjolk | tatmjolk, Swedish soured milk |
| terribilita | terribilita (Italian), awe-inspiring power in art |
| testao | testao (Portuguese), an old silver coin |
| tinosa | tiñosa, Cuban name for the turkey vulture |
| toernebohmite | törnebohmite |
| torcheres | torchères |
| tostao | tostão |
| toston | tostón |
| traneau | traîneau, French for a sledge |
| trefle | trèfle, French for trefoil or clover |
| treflee | tréflée, in heraldry ending in trefoils |
| trouvere | trouvère |
| trouveres | trouvères |
| trouvre | trouvère, accented e dropped |
| tubingen | Tübingen |
| tucuman | Tucumán |
| urdee | urdee, heraldic urdee (pointed), accent dropped |
| varnpliktige | varnpliktige, Swedish conscripts, a-umlaut dropped |
| verriere | verrière, French, a glazed screen or window |
| vicua | vicuña, with the tilde letter dropped |
| villegiature | villégiature, French, a stay in the country |
| vingtieme | vingtième, French, a twentieth, an old tax |
| vivandire | vivandière, French, a female sutler |
| volapie | volapié, Spanish bullfighting, a thrust at a standing bull |
| volkerwanderung | Völkerwanderung, German, the migration of peoples |
| volupte | volupté, French, sensual pleasure |
| voluspa | Völuspá, the Norse poem of the sibyl's prophecy |
| wurmian | Würmian, of the Würm glaciation |
| wurzburger | Würzburger, beer from Würzburg |
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