The Hidden Cost of Email Typos
Every time someone types their email address incorrectly on your signup form, you lose a potential customer. Studies suggest 2-5% of all email signups contain typos. For a business collecting 10,000 emails per year, that's 200-500 lost contacts annually.
Most Common Email Domain Typos
Our analysis of millions of validated emails reveals these frequent mistakes:
Gmail Typos
- gmial.com - Transposed i and a (most common)
- gmal.com - Missing i
- gmail.co - Missing m in .com
- gamil.com - Transposed a and m
- gnail.com - n instead of m
Yahoo Typos
- yaho.com - Missing second o
- yahooo.com - Extra o
- yhoo.com - Missing a
Hotmail/Outlook Typos
- hotmal.com - Missing i
- hotamil.com - Transposed letters
- outlok.com - Missing o
Why Do Typos Happen?
Mobile keyboards with small touch targets and autocorrect failures make mobile the highest source of email typos. Users rushing through forms don't proofread their email address.
How ValidateList Catches Typos
Our intelligent typo detection system analyzes domains, compares against known email providers, calculates similarity, and suggests corrections with confidence scores.
Recover Lost Subscribers
ValidateList's typo detection doesn't just flag errors - it suggests corrections. Upload your email list and see how many potentially lost contacts can be recovered with simple domain corrections.