The difference between Scanno and Typo

When used as nouns, scanno means a typographical error introduced by optical character recognition (ocr) software, which may mistake a letter or set of letters for a letter or set of letters of similar shape, as for , or for , whereas typo means a typographical error.


Typo is also verb with the meaning: to make a typographical error.

check bellow for the other definitions of Scanno and Typo

  1. Scanno as a noun:

    A typographical error introduced by optical character recognition (OCR) software, which may mistake a letter or set of letters for a letter or set of letters of similar shape, as for , or for .

  1. Typo as a noun:

    A typographical error.

  1. Typo as a verb:

    To make a typographical error.

  1. Typo as a noun (colloquial, dated):

    A compositor; a typographer.