Mistake

Noun

 * 1) An error; a blunder.
 * 2) * 1877, Henry Heth, quoting Robert E. Lee, in "Causes of the Defeat of Gen. Lee's Army at the Battle of GettysburgOpinions of Leading Confederate Soldiers.", Southern Historical Society Papers (1877), editor Rev. J. WM. Jones
 * After it is all over, as stupid a fellow as I am can see that mistakes were made. I notice, however, that my mistakes are never told me until it is too late.
 * 1)  A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard to hit location, but instead ends up in an easy to hit place

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:error

Verb

 * 1)  To understand wrongly, taking one thing for another, or someone for someone else.
 * 2)  To make an error, to do something in wrong way.

Derived terms

 * mistakeless

Adjectives for Mistake
grievous; pernicious;  curious;  strange; dreadful; frightful; pitiful; gross; slight; desperate; fatal; unfortunate; administrative; doltish; tactical; cardinal; traffic; capital; absurd; stupid; deplorable; irritating; felicitous; unavoidable; ludicrous; contradictory; horrible; awkward; petty; tragic ; initial; natural; miraculous; cruel; pathetic; military.

Verbs for Mistake
account for—; avoid—; bare—; blush at—; commit—; convince of—; eradicate—; minimize—s; obscure—; observe—; obviate—; overlook—; pardon—; plunge into—; rectify —; regard—.

Adverbs for Mistake
grievously; grossly; perniciously; curiously; desperately; doltishly; absurdly; felicitously; ludicrously; tragically; pathetically.

Thesaurus
bad job, bevue, bloomer, blooper, blunder, bobble, boggle, bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, boob, botch, bungle, clanger, clerical error, clumsy performance, contort, corrigendum, distort, erratum, error, etourderie, failure, false step, fault, faute, faux pas, flub, fluff, foozle, fumble, gaffe, garble, gaucherie, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, goof, hash, howler, human error, indiscretion, make a miscue, make a mistake, mess, misapply, misapprehend, misapprehension, miscalculation, miscarriage, miscite, misconceive, misconception, misconstrue, miscount, miscue, misdeal, misdeem, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misidentification, misidentify, misinterpret, misjudge, misjudgment, misplay, misprint, misquotation, misquote, misread, misrender, misreport, miss, misstatement, misstep, mistranslate, misunderstand, misunderstanding, misuse, muff, near-miss, off day, pervert, sad work, slip, slipup, squeeze, strain the sense, stumble, take for, torture, trip, twist the words, typo, typographical error, wrench

Etymology
, from mistaka:

Noun

 * Arabic: خطأ, غلطة
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: fejl
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: virhe, moka, kämmi , fiba
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hindi: ग़लत, ग़लती, ग़लत फ़हमी, भूल
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: kesalahan, kekeliruan
 * Interlingua: error
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 間違い, 過ち, ,


 * Korean: 잘못, 착각 (錯覺)
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: error
 * Marathi: चूक (čūk)
 * Norwegian:, tabbe
 * Persian: اشتباه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:, eroare
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: napaka, zmota
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Telugu: పొరపాటు (porapaaTu)
 * Thai: ข้อผิดพลาด, ความผิดพลาด
 * Turkish: ,
 * Urdu: غلط, غلطی, غلط فہمی, بھول
 * Vietnamese: lỗi

Verb

 * Arabic:,  أخطأ
 * Armenian:, շփոթել
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 弄錯, 弄错, 錯認,  错认
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: misforstå
 * Dutch: misverstaan,
 * Esperanto: malinterpreti
 * Finnish: ymmärtää väärin; (to mistake sb for sth) luulla
 * French:, (avec),
 * German:
 * Hindi: ग़लत समझना (ġalat samajhnā)
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: salah paham


 * Irish: déan dearmad, déan earráid
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 勘違いする (かんちがいする, kanchigai suru), 誤解する (ごかいする, gokai suru)
 * Korean: 오해하다 (ohaehada)
 * Kurdish:
 * Malay: salah faham
 * Norwegian: misforstå
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: confundir-se
 * Russian: неправильно понимать (neprávil’no ponimát’),
 * Spanish: entender mal
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: yanlış anlamak
 * Urdu: (ġalat samajhnā)


 * Armenian: սխալվել
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch: een fout maken, in de fout gaan
 * Finnish: tehdä virhe
 * French: ,
 * Hindi: ग़लत करना (ġalat karnā)
 * Irish: déan dearmad, déan earráid
 * Italian:


 * Korean: 실수하다
 * Kurdish:
 * Norwegian: ta feil
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ошибаться, ошибиться
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: missta, begå ett misstag (commit a mistake)
 * Turkish: yanlış yapmak, hata yapmak, hata etmek
 * Urdu: (ġalat karnā)


 * : erari
 * : salah paham, salah mengerti
 * : comprender mal, intender mal, confunder
 * : sbagliare
 * : 勘違いする (かんちがいする, kanchigai-suru)
 * : entender mal, confundir
 * : zmotiti se
 * : confundir
 * : పొరబడు (porabaDu)

Related terms

 * mistaken
 * mythtaken