mistype

verb

mis·​type ˌmis-ˈtīp 

mistyped; mistyping

transitive + intransitive

: to type (something) incorrectly

mistype a name

When surfers mistype popular Web addresses, the companies cleverly throw up ads in hidden browser windows, making money off of ads few people see …

—Bob Sullivan

The Education Department misspelled the name of W. E. B. DuBois on Twitter Sunday and mistyped again when apologizing for the error.

—The Bismarck Tribune

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above