| Afrikaans | English |
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| fout | ⇆ bloomer; ⇆ defect; ⇆ demerit; ⇆ erratum; ⇆ error; ⇆ fail; ⇆ failing; ⇆ failure; ⇆ fault; ⇆ faux pas; ⇆ flaw; ⇆ lapsus; ⇆ misdeal; ⇆ mistake; ⇆ mistaken; ⇆ oversight; ⇆ slip; ⇆ vice |
| fout begaan | ⇆ make a mistake |
| drukfout | ⇆ erratum; ⇆ literal; ⇆ misprint; ⇆ printer’s error; ⇆ printing‐error; ⇆ typographical error |
| foutdruk | ⇆ misprint |
| fouteer | ⇆ err |
| fouteloos | ⇆ faultless |
| foutgrens | ⇆ permissible error |
| foutief | ⇆ erroneous; ⇆ erroneously; ⇆ faulty; ⇆ incorrect; ⇆ mistaken; ⇆ wrong |
| foutsein | ⇆ fault‐tone |
| foutsoeker | ⇆ caviller; ⇆ fault‐finder |
| foutvind | ⇆ find fault |
| foutvindery | ⇆ fault‐finding |
| foutvrag | ⇆ dead freight |
| instelfout | ⇆ circle of confusion |
| kompasfout | ⇆ compass‐error |
| naamfout | ⇆ misnomer |
| oordeelsfout | ⇆ error of judgement |
| plaatfout | ⇆ plate‐error |
| rekenfout | ⇆ miscalculation |
| skryffout | ⇆ clerical error; ⇆ lapsus calami; ⇆ slip of the pen |
| stylfout | ⇆ stylistic error |
| taalfout | ⇆ solecism |
| telfout | ⇆ error in counting |
| trapfout | ⇆ foot‐fault |
| voetfout | ⇆ foot‐fault |