misread

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misread

/mɪsˈɹiːd/ present
/mɪsˈɹɛd/ past
/ˈmɪs.ɹiːd/

Rhymes with -iːd, -ɛd

Where it comes from

From Middle English misreden, from Old English misrǣdan (“to advise wrongly; read wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + read. Cognate with Saterland Frisian misräide (“to go wrong, fail”), Dutch misraden (“to guess wrongly”), German missraten (“to fail; go wrong; become wayward”). For the noun, compare Old English misrǣd (“misguidance; misconduct”).

verb misreads · misreading · misread

To read wrongly; misconstrue; misinterpret; mistake the sense or significance of. In the circumstances the Inspecting Officer concludes that the electric train motorman, despite his assertions to the contrary, misread the up main relief inner home signal for his own and ran past the up main through inner home signal at danger; he must therefore be held responsible for the acciden

noun misreads

An instance of reading wrongly. Line fluctuations can cause misreads and miswrites.

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verb to read wrongly

Español	malinterpretar
日本語	誤読する godoku suru
中文	讀錯 /读错 dúcuò
Deutsch	falsch lesen, falsch deuten, falsch verstehen, missverstehen
Русский	непра́вильно прочита́ть neprávilʹno pročitátʹ

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@misc{misread_2026,
  title = {misread},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/misread},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}