How to say “error” in 41 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- error/eˈroɾ/ Spanish
- λάθος/ˈla.θos/ Greek
- טעות/taˈ(ʔ)ut/ Hebrew
- შეცდომა[ʃe̞t͡sʰdo̞mä] Georgian
- ত্রুটি/t̪ɾuʈi/ Bengali
- தப்பு/t̪ɐpːɯ/ Tamil
“error” in Spanish: error · French: faute · Portuguese: erro · Turkish: yanlış · Greek: λάθος
It is commonest in Telugu, where తప్పు is the 89th most used word.
Error in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian gabim/ɡabim/ mistake, error, fault #337
- Arabic غلطة/ɣal.tˤa/ a mistake, an error #1,480
- Armenian սխալ/səˈχɑl/ mistake, error #1,501
- Bengali ত্রুটি/t̪ɾuʈi/ #1,747
- Bulgarian грешка[ˈɡrɛʃkɐ] mistake, error #515
- Catalan error[əˈror] #704
- Chinese 沒錯/meɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/ to be correct; to be without error #564
- Danish fejltagelse/ˈfɑjlˌtaːˀəlsə/ error, gaffe #1,930
- Dutch fout/fɑu̯t/ error, mistake #515
- English mistakes/mɪˈsteɪks/ An error #2,344
- Esperanto eraro/eˈraro/ error, mistake #1,329
- Estonian viga/ˈviɡ̊ɑ/ mistake, error, fault #236
- Finnish virhe/ˈʋirheˣ/ mistake, blunder, error #1,622
- French faute/fot/ error, mistake #524
- Galician erro/ˈero/ #1,172
- Georgian შეცდომა[ʃe̞t͡sʰdo̞mä] error, lapse, mistake, slip-up #655
- German fehler/ˈfeːlɐ/ fault, error, mistake #632
- Greek λάθος/ˈla.θos/ error, mistake #198
- Hebrew טעות/taˈ(ʔ)ut/ error, mistake #506
- Hindi भूल/bʱuːl/ mistake, error, blunder, oversight #305
- Hungarian hiba[ˈhibɒ] mistake, error, fault #1,298
- Icelandic villa[ˈvɪtla] a mistake, an error #1,992
- Indonesian kesalahan/kəsaˈlahan/ #460
- Italian errore/erˈro.re/ mistake, error, slip, howler, blunder, goof #889
- Korean 미스[mis͈ɯ] mistake, error #727
- Latvian kļūda[kʎûːda] error, mistake #1,122
- Lithuanian klaida/kɫɐɪˈdɐ/ error, mistake #690
- Macedonian грешка[ˈɡrɛʃka] mistake, error #396
- Malay kesalahan/kəsalahan/ #658
- Malayalam തെറ്റ്/t̪errɨ/ wrong, error #249
- Persian اشتباه[ʔeʃ.t̪ʰe.bɒ́ːʰ] mistake, fault, error #211
- Polish błąd/ˈbwɔnt/ error, mistake #845
- Portuguese erro/ˈe.ʁu/ error; mistake #785
- Russian ошибка[ɐˈʂɨpkə] mistake, error, fault #1,442
- Slovenian napaka/napáːka/ mistake, error #426
- Spanish error/eˈroɾ/ #699
- Tamil தப்பு/t̪ɐpːɯ/ error, mistake #608
- Telugu తప్పు/t̪apːu/ an error, fault, mistake, offence #89
- Turkish yanlış/janˈɫɯʃ/ error, mistake #253
- Ukrainian помилка[pɔˈmɪɫkɐ] mistake, error, blunder #1,399
- Vietnamese lỗi[loj˦ˀ˥] mistake, fault, error #121
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.