typolexia

From typo- +‎ lexis +‎ -ia, modeled after medical and psychological terms such as dyslexia and hyperlexia.

• enPR: tī-pō-lĕk′sē-ə
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /taɪ̯.pəʊ̯ˈlɛk.siː.ə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /taɪ̯.poʊ̯ˈlɛk.si.ə/

  (Canada) IPA^(key): /tʌɪ̯.poʊ̯ˈlɛk.si.ə/

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /tɑe̯.pəʉ̯ˈlek.siː.ə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /taɪ̯.pɐʉ̯ˈlek.siː.ə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /taɪ̯.poˈlɛk.si.ə/, /tʌi̯.poˈlɛk.si.ə/, /təi̯.poˈlɛk.si.ə/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ʈaj.poːˈlɛk.siː.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛksi.ə
• Hyphenation: ty‧po‧lex‧i‧a

typolexia (uncountable)

1. A cognitive-typographic phenomenon in which a person, often under cognitive load or emotional pressure, omits or inverts words, letters, or phrases while typing.

   I meant to type ‘now happening’, but what I sent was ‘not happening’. Classic typolexia.

Typolexia differs from simple typos in that it typically involves whole-word omissions, logical inversions, or syntactic reshuffling. It is often internally consistent—making sense to the writer but causing confusion for readers or systems.