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WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2026:
| clerical error n | (administrative mistake) | erreur d'écriture nf |
| | Her clerical error cost the company a lot of money. |
| coding error n | (mistake in computer code) | erreur de codage, erreur de programmation nf |
| | A coding error caused the program to crash. |
| error in fact n | (law: mistake) (Droit) | erreur de fait nm |
error in judgment,
error of judgment,
also UK: error in judgement,
error of judgement n | (mistaken opinion) | erreur de jugement, erreur d'appréciation, erreur de discernement nf |
| | Giving a mortgage to somebody who cannot make payments is an error in judgment. |
| | Accorder un prêt immobilier à quelqu'un qui ne peut pas payer est une erreur de jugement. |
| error in law n | (law: mistake) (Droit) | erreur de droit nm |
| error signal n | (fault indicator) (lumineux, sonore,...) | signal d'erreur nmpl |
| | Error signals go off when the printer runs out of paper or ink. |
| | | message d'erreur nmpl |
| error-prone adj | (tending to make mistakes) | susceptible de se tromper, susceptible de faire une erreur loc adj |
| | | faillible adj |
| fatal error n | (deadly or disastrous mistake) | erreur fatale nf |
| | The pilot made a fatal error when he ignored the collision alarms. |
| grammatical error n | (language: mistake of syntax) | faute de grammaire, faute grammaticale nf |
| | That essay is full of grammatical errors like verbs that do not agree with the subject or verbs in the wrong tense. |
| | Cette dissertation est pleine de fautes de grammaire, comme des verbes qui ne s'accordent pas avec le sujet ou des verbes au mauvais temps. |
| harmless error n | (no serious consequences) | erreur mineure, erreur sans conséquence nf |
| human error n | ([sb]'s mistake) | erreur humaine nf |
| | One must consider human error when evaluating accuracy of the data. |
| in error adv | (by mistake) | par erreur loc adv |
| | I dialled your number in error – I was actually trying to ring my mother. |
| | J'ai composé ton numéro par erreur : en fait, j'essayais d'appeler ma mère. |
| be in error v expr | (be wrong) | se tromper⇒ v pron |
| | (littéraire) | se fourvoyer⇒ v pron |
| | Nancy was in error about the date of the meeting and arrived a day early. |
| | Nancy s'est trompée sur la date de la réunion et est arrivée un jour avant. |
| judicial error n | (court mistake) (Droit) | erreur judiciaire nf |
| margin of error n | (statistics: variance) | marge d'erreur nf |
| | We have to get it right the first time as there is a very narrow margin of error. |
| no room for error n | (accuracy required) | pas droit à l'erreur |
| | When designing airplanes, there is no room for error. |
| procedural error n | (law: mistake in trial) | erreur de procédure nf |
| random error | (statistics) | erreur aléatoire nf |
roundoff error (US),
rounding error (UK) n | (discrepancy in calculation) | erreur d'arrondi nf |
| standard error n | (statistics: deviation, variance) | erreur type nf |
| technical error n | (law: error during trial) (Droit) | erreur de procédure nf |
| trial and error n | (learning from mistakes) | tâtonnements nmpl |
| | Many of the greatest scientists have refined their discoveries through trial and error. |
trial and error,
trial-and-error n as adj | (learning from mistakes) | par tâtonnements loc adv |
| | Software development is often a trial-and-error process. |
| trial-and-error approach n | (research method: learning from mistakes) | tâtonnements nmpl |
| | On résout la plupart de ces équations par tâtonnements. |
| typographical error n | (typo, typing mistake) | faute de frappe nf |
| | This document is full of typographical errors. |
| | | coquille nf |
| typographical error n | (printing mistake) | coquille nf |
| writ of error n | (law: order for review) (Droit, vieux) | bref d'erreur nm |
| Note: Obsolete in the UK. |
