overtype

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A feature in wordprocessing whereby each typed character replaces the character after the cursor rather than being inserted before it.
2. noun A kind of steam wagon having the engine above the cab.
3. verb To type on top of something already typed.

   You can produce the yen sign ¥ by overtyping an equals sign = on a letter Y.

Similar words

overstrike supplanting hyperthesis supplantation overreplacement overmoulding copy-and-paste supercession transposing change-over

Often followed by

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