Collocations for error - noun

fundamental, glaring, grave, great, major, monumental, serious
The report contained some glaring errors.

fatal
He made the fatal error of borrowing more than he could pay back.

minor, small | embarrassing, unfortunate | past
The ability to learn from past errors is vital in business.

common | grammatical, spelling, typing | factual | tactical
The Kenyan athlete made a tactical error in starting too fast.

administrative, clerical | human, pilot
The plane crash was caused by human error, not mechanical failure.

commit, make
He had committed a grave error in letting them see the document. | She made several serious errors during the race.

contain
The document contained a lot of typing errors.

detect, discover, find, spot
I found several factual errors in the report.

point out
The error was pointed out to her by one of her colleagues.

realize
I only realized my error when it was too late.

avoid
She has avoided the common error of writing too much.

correct, rectify
Glasses can correct most errors in your vision.

compound
The paper accidentally printed the victim''s address, then compounded their error by printing her name the next day.

arise (from sth), occur
errors arising from inadequate information

detection | correction | message
An error message comes up when I try to open the program.

in ~
The machine had been switched off in error (= by mistake).

~ in
He checked his letter for errors in spelling. | He realized his error in not attending the funeral.

~ of
The speech contained many errors of fact.

a comedy of errors
His attempts to arrange a party ended up as a comedy of errors.

an error of judgement
The minister had made an amazing error of judgement.

a margin of error
The margin of error for a racing driver is tiny.