Dittography (noun)
dit-og-raf-ee
reduplication of letters or syllables in writing, printing, etc., usually through error.
Greek dittographía, dialectal variant of dissographía, equivalent to dissó(s) double + -graphia-graphy
Example sentences
“There is an instance of dittography in in this sentence but your brain will probably just cancel it out and you won’t notice.”
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