mistook

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mistook

/mɪsˈtʊk/ US, UK
/mɪsˈtɵk/ British, Southern, Standard
/məsˈtɵk/ Australia, New Zealand
/mɪsˈtʉk/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -ʊk

verb

past simple past of mistake
colloquial, nonstandard, participle, past past participle of mistake

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: took, got, fell, erred, missed, myself, misidentified, spotted, misread, pretended, equated, spied, commandeered, resembled, misinterpreted, gave

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"mistook." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mistook. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

mistook. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mistook

Chicago

"mistook." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mistook.

BibTeX

@misc{mistook_2026,
  title = {mistook},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mistook},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}