0 a mistake that results in problems -- erreur [ feminine ]
1 a mistake -- erreur
2 the state of being mistaken -- erreur
I did it in error.
The margin of error is at least 30 %.
Four out of five maritime accidents are due to human error or human incompetence.
I would like to think this was an unwitting translation error but this derogatory phraseology is probably not accidental.
The third point is that we must have better systems for recovering money paid out in error.
But to breathe a sigh of relief and slip back into bad habits would be a grave error.
We do not really need the tolerable risk of error.