the original search term in such a way as to create misspellings, transpositions, omissions, double strikes, and wrong key errors would find most misspelled auctions. The resulting effect is that there are far fewer bids than there would be under normal circumstances, allowing the searcher to obtain the item for less. A series of third-party websites have sprung up allowing people to find these items. Atomic typos Another kind of typo—informally called an "atomic typo"—is a typo that happens to result in a correctly spelled word that is different from the intended one. Since it is spelled correctly, a simple spellchecker cannot find the mistake. The term was used at least as early as 1995 by Robert Terry. A few illustrative examples include: "now" instead of "not", "unclear" instead of "nuclear" "you" instead of "your" "Sudan" instead of "sedan" (leading to a diplomatic incident in 2005 between Sudan and the United States regarding a nuclear test code-named Sedan) "Untied States" instead of "United States" "the" instead of "they" and many more. For any of these, the converse is also true. See also Comparison of web browsers – Native spell checkers are indicated in the table "Browser features". References External links BookErrata.com "How Many Errorrs are in this Essay?" on famous typos, in The Millions Error Typing Typography Printing terminology Nonstandard spelling