Japanese symbol for “misspelling”
誤字
ごじ
Romaji: goji
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error
In Japanese, misspelling is 誤字, read ごじ (goji).
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Meanings
- n misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “misspelling”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ミススペル | ミススペル misusuperu | misspelling |
| 書き間違い | かきまちがい kakimachigai | slip of the pen; mistake in writing; misspelling |
| ミススペリング | ミススペリング misusuperingu | misspelling |
| スペリングミス | スペリングミス superingumisu | misspelling; spelling mistake |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 誤解 | ごかい gokai | misunderstanding |
| 誤り | あやまり ayamari | error; mistake; slip |
| 誤差 | ごさ gosa | measurement error; calculation error |
| 試行錯誤 | しこうさくご shikousakugo | trial and error |
| 誤報 | ごほう gohou | false report; incorrect report; misinformation |
| 文字 | もじ moji | letter (of an alphabet); character |
| 数字 | すうじ suuji | numeral; digit; numeric character |
| 漢字 | かんじ kanji | kanji; Chinese character |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.