Rihanna’s new tattoo has a typo in it! It appears what Rihanna thought was a phrase in French is…well, a French phrase but in a different way. Like the neck ink phrase is being debated as to its correctness.

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More pictures of Rihanna after the ink dries….

Rihanna had a temporary tattoo with the phrase rebelle fleur and decided she liked it, so she got a permanent one.

The singer reportedly liked how the phrase looked and returned to the parlor to get the real thing Tuesday night. But although the ink, which translates to “rebel flower,” fits in well with Rihanna’s existing tats, there also has been a fair amount of debate as to whether or not the tattoo is grammatically correct.

There are merits to both sides of the argument. “Rebel flower” does translate to “rebelle fleur” if it’s simply read as is. In the context of a sentence, however, it’d translate to “fleur rebelle.” The artist who inked the pop star could not be reached for comment as to what Rihanna exactly asked for.

The scrawl joins about 13 existing tattoos on the pop star, including a cascade of stars down her back and Roman numerals down her shoulder.

So that’s a big oops. How do you get a typo in a tattoo that isn’t typed?

Photos: Bauer Griffin

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