likely_typo

The domain is a known typo-squat of a major provider

The domain is on the curated map of misspellings that resolve and run catch-alls to harvest misdirected mail, and did_you_mean carries the intended address.

risk weight: +60
dataset: typo-domains
reads from: did_you_mean
verdict reason: likely_typo

What it means

gmial.com and its kind are real domains that accept every address, so a mail-server check cannot catch them; the curated typo-domain map does, and the correction is offered even though the domain resolves. Nothing is probed.

It reads from did_you_mean and comes with the likely_typo verdict reason, which outranks disposable because the correction is the more useful explanation.

What to do

Show the suggested address and ask the user to confirm it; never send to the one that was typed.

Example response

{
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "deliverable": "risky",
    "reason": "likely_typo",
    "did_you_mean": "[email protected]",
    "risk_signals": [
        {
            "signal": "likely_typo",
            "weight": 60,
            "dataset": "typo-domains"
        }
    ]
}

Abbreviated: a real answer carries all 46 fields, listed in the verify-email reference. The risk_signals entry shown is the one this signal adds; the weights of every entry in the list sum to risk_score.

markdown version: /docs/signals/likely_typo.md

likely_typo

What it means

What to do

Example response

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