scanno
nounUK /ˈskænəʊ/ · US /ˈskænoʊ/
Etymology From scan + -o, modelled on typo.
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Informal A typographical error caused 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.
- Related terms
- homoglyph, homoglyphic, OCR, optical character recognition