Common Typo Patterns
Understanding how users mistype domain names can help you protect your brand and capture lost traffic.
Why Typo Patterns Matter
Studies show that up to 10% of web traffic is lost due to typos in domain names. Understanding common typo patterns can help you identify potential typosquatting threats, protect your brand, and even discover valuable domain investments.
Our typo generation algorithms are based on extensive research into how people make typing errors. By analyzing these patterns, we can predict the most likely typo variations of any domain name.
Omission errors occur when a user accidentally skips a letter while typing. These are especially common with longer domain names.
example.com → exmple.com
twitter.com → twiter.com
facebook.com → facebok.com
Accounts for approximately 25% of typos
Repetition errors happen when a user presses a key too long or double-taps it, resulting in repeated characters.
google.com → gooogle.com
amazon.com → ammazon.com
yahoo.com → yahhoo.com
Accounts for approximately 15% of typos
Transposition errors occur when a user types two adjacent letters in the wrong order, often due to fast typing.
microsoft.com → microsotf.com
youtube.com → yotube.com
reddit.com → redidt.com
Accounts for approximately 20% of typos
Adjacent key errors happen when a user's finger slips and hits a neighboring key on the keyboard instead of the intended one.
netflix.com → betflix.com
instagram.com → ibstagram.com
linkedin.com → linkesin.com
Accounts for approximately 30% of typos
Homoglyph errors occur when users substitute characters that look similar, such as '0' (zero) for 'o' (letter O).
google.com → g00gle.com
paypal.com → paypa1.com
apple.com → app1e.com
Often used in phishing attacks
TLD confusion happens when users type the wrong top-level domain, often mixing up common ones like .com, .co, .org, etc.
amazon.com → amazon.co
testimonial.to → testimonial.io
github.com → github.org
Particularly common with newer TLDs
Protect Your Brand from Typosquatting
Typosquatting is the practice of registering domains that are common misspellings of popular websites. These can be used for phishing, distributing malware, or simply capitalizing on misdirected traffic.
How Our Typo Analysis Works
Our advanced typo analysis engine uses a combination of keyboard layout analysis, linguistic patterns, and statistical models to identify and rank the most likely typo variations of any domain name.
We assign probability scores to different types of typos based on extensive research into typing behavior:
- Adjacent key substitutions: 80% probability
- Double letter errors: 75% probability
- Transpositions: 70% probability
- Omissions: 65% probability
- Homoglyph substitutions: 55% probability
These scores help us rank typo variations by likelihood, allowing you to focus on the most probable typos first.