# Error of original entry

> Error of original entry — The wrong amount entered on both sides of an entry — the source document misread, so debits and credits agree and both are wrong.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/error-of-original-entry
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**What is error of original entry?** In accounting, error of original entry means the wrong amount entered on both sides of an entry — the source document misread, so debits and credits agree and both are wrong.

## Words this system refuses for it

- transposition error (one cause of it)

- **Category:** Core ledger
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)