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Table 2 Spelling error types by corpus and frequency

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

Misspelling type

Surgical pathology notes

Emergency visit and progress notes

Insertion

10 (20.8%)

32 (15.2%)

Omission

25 (52.1%)

103 (48.8%)

Transposition

8 (16.7%)

40 (19%)

Wrong letter

2 (04.1%)

27 (12.8%)

Multiple/mixed

3 (06.3%)

9 (04.2%)

Totals

48 (100%)

211 (100%)