Misstep

Noun
misstep


 * 1) a step that is wrong, a false step
 * On a high ledge, a misstep could be fatal.
 * 1) an error or mistake
 * His comment was a misstep that could cost him.

Verb

 * 1)  to step badly or incorrectly
 * My dance partner misstepped and landed on my toe.
 * 1)  to make an error or mistake
 * I don't want to misstep; is this the right way?

Thesaurus
balk, bevue, bloomer, blooper, blunder, error, false move, false step, faux pas, gaffe, goof, howler, inadvertence, inadvertency, indiscretion, lapse, lapsus calami, lapsus linguae, loose thread, miscue, mistake, omission, oversight, slip, slipup, stumble, trip, wrong step

Etymology
From mis- + step

Noun

 * French:
 * German:
 * Romanian: pas greșit, poticnire
 * Spanish: paso en falso


 * German:


 * Romanian: pas greșit

Verb

 * German: einen Fehltritt machen


 * German: einen Fehltritt machen