# `likely_typo`: the domain is a known misspelling of a real mail provider

The domain is on Spaw's curated map of typo-squats such as gmail.con or hotmial.com. Mail may be accepted there, just not by your customer.

- Appears in: `reason`
- Verdict: risky
- Risk weight: +60
- Billing: 1 credit, like every deliverable or risky answer. Repeats of the same address are free for 7 days.

Spaw keeps a curated map of typo-squat domains, each paired with the domain the user meant. Many typo domains are registered by squatters and even accept mail, which is exactly why they are dangerous: the message is delivered, only not to the person who signed up.

The verdict is risky rather than undeliverable because mail may technically be accepted, and did_you_mean contains the corrected address. A typo-squat that also sits on the disposable list is reported as likely_typo, because the correction is the more useful explanation.

**What to do.** Offer the correction in the form and let the user confirm it. On imported lists, replace the address with did_you_mean only when you can confirm with the contact; otherwise drop it.

```json
{
    "email": "mia@gmail.con",
    "deliverable": "risky",
    "reason": "likely_typo",
    "did_you_mean": "mia@gmail.com",
    "risk_score": 60
}
```

Reference: https://spaw.co/docs/reasons/likely_typo