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Table 1 False positives’ types and frequencies

From: An efficient prototype method to identify and correct misspellings in clinical text

Error type

Surgical pathology notes

Emergency visit and progress notes

Different word, spelled correctly

3 (60%)

9 (37.5%)

Misspelling of different word

0 (0%)

12 (50%)

Alternative form of noisy term

2 (40%)

0 (0%)

Slang equivalent

0 (0%)

3 (12.5%)

Totals

5 (100%)

24 (100%)