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   mistake

   /mɪˈsteɪk/

   noun

   • 1. an act or judgement that is misguided or wrong: "coming here was a mistake" Similar errorfaultinaccuracyomissionslipblundermiscalculationmisunderstandingflawoversightmisinterpretationfallacygaffefaux passolecismmisapprehensionmisconceptionmisreadinginformal:slip-upboo-boohowlerbonerfailboobclangergoofinformal, dated:bloomerrare:misreckoning
   • ▪ something, especially a word, figure, or fact, which is not correct; an inaccuracy: "a couple of spelling mistakes" Similar misprintprinting error/mistaketypographical error/mistaketypesetting error/mistakekeyboarding error/mistakekeying error/mistaketyping error/mistakecorrigendumerratumliteralinformal:typo

   verb

   • 1. be wrong about: "because I was inexperienced I mistook the nature of our relationship" Similar misunderstandmisinterpretget wrongput a wrong interpretation onmisconstruemisapprehendmisreadmisstake amiss
   • ▪ wrongly identify someone or something as: "she thought he'd mistaken her for Diana" Similar confuse withmix up withtake formisinterpret asconfound with

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a verb): from Old Norse mistaka ‘take in error’, probably influenced in sense by Old French mesprendre.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mistakable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • A

     1

   • K

     5

   • E

     1

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