Look at the replies there,

"simply made an error   Nothing more, nothing less"

"He was using the swipe method "

"Fact is he meant to type ..."

It's just a list of statements, that you're supposed to agree with? And no replies since about 5 pm, end of shift at Langley maybe? Or wherever.

I use glide type on my tablet all the time, and you're right, it always tries to guess the word you're aiming for. If I try to type covfefe, I get "covered, converge, cove, converted," coverage even. It's not possible to do it by accident.