English words starting with err

Meanings of Err:

verb

Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.

Usage examples:

The judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible

Meanings of Errancies:

noun

The condition of erring or straying from the accepted course or standards.

Usage examples:

One lapse in judgement doesn't condemn a man to a lifetime of errancy

Meanings of Errancy:

noun

The condition of erring or straying from the accepted course or standards.

Usage examples:

One lapse in judgement doesn't condemn a man to a lifetime of errancy

Meanings of Errand:

noun

A short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, especially on someone else's behalf.

Usage examples:

She asked tim to run an errand for her

Meanings of Errand-boy:

noun

A boy or young man employed by a shop or business to take messages, goods, etc.

Meanings of Errands:

noun

A short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, especially on someone else's behalf.

Usage examples:

She asked tim to run an errand for her

Meanings of Errant:

adjective

Erring or straying from the accepted course or standards.

Usage examples:

An errant husband coming back from a night on the tiles

Meanings of Errantly:

adverb

In a way that is not correct or involves a mistake

Usage examples:

Diabetes is a disorder in which the body errantly attacks the cells that produce insulin., badly wr…

Meanings of Errantry:

noun

The quality or condition of being a traveller, especially a knight, in search of adventure.

Usage examples:

Sancho overhears the innkeeper saying errantry is a thing of the past

Meanings of Errata:

noun

An error in printing or writing.

Usage examples:

The publisher has inserted an erratum slip noting three errors in dates and explaining that a contr…

Meanings of Erratic:

adjective

Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.

Usage examples:

Her breathing was erratic

noun

A rock or boulder that differs from the surrounding rock and is believed to have been brought from a distance by glacial action.

Usage examples:

The source of stone for the whetstones may have been glacial erratics

Meanings of Erratically:

adverb

In a manner that is not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictably.

Usage examples:

He had been seen driving erratically minutes before the accident

Meanings of Erratics:

noun

A rock or boulder that differs from the surrounding rock and is believed to have been brought from a distance by glacial action.

Usage examples:

The source of stone for the whetstones may have been glacial erratics

adjective

Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.

Usage examples:

Her breathing was erratic

Meanings of Erratum:

noun

An error in printing or writing.

Usage examples:

The publisher has inserted an erratum slip noting three errors in dates and explaining that a contr…

Meanings of Erred:

verb

Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.

Usage examples:

The judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible

Meanings of Erring:

adjective

Having failed to adhere to the proper or accepted standards; having done wrong.

Usage examples:

The strictest possible action should be taken against the erring officials

verb

Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.

Usage examples:

The judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible

Meanings of Erroneous:

adjective

Wrong; incorrect.

Usage examples:

Employers sometimes make erroneous assumptions

Meanings of Erroneously:

adverb

In a mistaken way; incorrectly.

Usage examples:

He was erroneously reported dead

Meanings of Error:

noun

A mistake.

Usage examples:

Spelling errors

Meanings of Errors:

noun

A mistake.

Usage examples:

Spelling errors

Meanings of Errs:

verb

Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.

Usage examples:

The judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible