If you see a mistake, then please correct it.
Source: tatoeba (1535)
Mistake
//mɪˈsteɪk//
Synonyms for "mistake" (163 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (49)
Related words (81)
Noun(17 words)
makemake a miscuemake a mistakemessmisapplymisapprehendmisapprehensionmiscalculationmiscarriagemiscitemisconceivemisconceptionmisconstruemiscountmiscuemisdealmisdeemmisexplainmisexplicatemisexpound
Show 42 more words
misidentificationmisidentifymisinterpretmisjudgemisjudgmentmisplaymisprintmisquotationmisquotemisreadmisrendermisreportmissmisstatementmisstepmistranslatemisunderstandmisunderstandingmisusemockmuffnear missnear-missoff dayoversightpeccadillopervertsad workslipslipupsqueezestrain the sensestumbletake fortonguetorturetriptwist the wordstypotypographical errorwrenchx
Verb(2 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
7 entriesAntonyms
9 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescapable of
3 entriescreated by
1 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
derived from
1 entriesdistinct from
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
53 entriesShowing 16 of 53 words.
used for
1 entriesTranslations
339 translations across 109 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- fout noun (an error)
Albanian
1 entries- gabim noun (an error)
Arabic
4 entries- خَطَأ noun (an error)
- غلطة noun (an error)
- غَلَط noun (an error)
- غَلْطَة noun (an error)
Armenian
4 entries- սխալ noun (an error)
- խառնել verb (to take one thing for another)
- շփոթել verb (to take one thing for another)
- սխալվել verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Assamese
1 entries- ভুল noun (an error)
Asturian
4 entries- confundir verb (to take one thing for another)
- enquivocase verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
- trabucar verb (to take one thing for another)
- tracamundiar verb (to take one thing for another)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- qələt noun (an error)
- səhv noun (an error)
- xəta noun (an error)
- yanlış noun (an error)
Bashkir
3 entries- хата noun (an error)
- бутау verb (to take one thing for another)
- яңылышыу verb (to take one thing for another)
Belarusian
2 entries- памы́лка noun (an error)
- хі́ба noun (an error)
Bengali
1 entries- ভুল noun (an error)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гре́шка noun (an error)
- заблужде́ние noun (an error)
- бъркам verb (to take one thing for another)
- греша verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Burmese
1 entries- အမှား noun (an error)
Catalan
2 entries- error noun (an error)
- confondre verb (to take one thing for another)
Central Kurdish
3 entries- غەلەت noun (an error)
- بەغەلەت verb (to take one thing for another)
- غەلەت کردن verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Chechen
1 entries- гӏалат noun (an error)
Chinese
1 entries- 錯誤 /错误 noun (an error)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 錯誤 /错误 noun (an error)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 誤 /误 noun (an error)
- 錯 /错 noun (an error)
- 錯誤 /错误 noun (an error)
- 弄錯 /弄错 verb (to take one thing for another)
Church Slavic
1 entries- блазна noun (an error)
Czech
3 entries- chyba noun (an error)
- omyl noun (an error)
- zaměnit verb (to take one thing for another)
Danish
2 entries- fejl noun (an error)
- misforstå verb (to take one thing for another)
Dutch
4 entries- blunder noun (an error)
- fout noun (an error)
- misverstand noun (an error)
- onjuistheid noun (an error)
Esperanto
3 entries- eraro noun (an error)
- miso noun (an error)
- malinterpreti verb (to take one thing for another)
Estonian
1 entries- viga noun (an error)
Faroese
2 entries- mistak noun (an error)
- villa noun (an error)
Finnish
4 entries- erehdys noun (an error)
- erhe noun (an error)
- fiba noun (an error)
- hairahdus noun (an error)
French
4 entries- erreur noun (an error)
- faute noun (an error)
- confondre (avec) verb (to take one thing for another)
- faire erreur verb (to take one thing for another)
Fula
2 entries- boopal noun (an error)
- 𞤦𞤮𞥅𞤨𞤢𞤤 noun (an error)
Georgian
1 entries- შეცდომა noun (an error)
German
4 entries- Fehler noun (an error)
- fehlen verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
- sich versehen verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
- verwechseln verb (to take one thing for another)
Greek
4 entries- λάθος noun (an error)
- σφάλμα noun (an error)
- κάνω λάθος verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
- σφάλλω verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Gujarati
1 entries- ભૂલ noun (an error)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- fòt noun (an error)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 錯誤 /错误 noun (an error)
Hebrew
3 entries- טָעוּת noun (an error)
- שְׁגִיאָה noun (an error)
- שגגה noun (an error)
Hindi
4 entries- खता noun (an error)
- ख़ता noun (an error)
- गलती noun (an error)
- ग़लत फ़हमी noun (an error)
Hungarian
4 entries- hiba noun (an error)
- eltéveszt verb (to take one thing for another)
- félreért verb (to take one thing for another)
- téved verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Icelandic
2 entries- skyssa noun (an error)
- villa noun (an error)
Ido
2 entries- eroro noun (an error)
- miskonocar verb (to take one thing for another)
Ilocano
1 entries- balibad noun (an error)
Indonesian
3 entries- kekeliruan noun (an error)
- kesalahan noun (an error)
- salah paham verb (to take one thing for another)
Interlingua
1 entries- error noun (an error)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- اِشْتِباه noun (an error)
- خَطا noun (an error)
- غَلَط noun (an error)
Irish
4 entries- botún noun (an error)
- déan dearmad verb (to take one thing for another)
- déan dearmad verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
- déan earráid verb (to take one thing for another)
Italian
4 entries- errore noun (an error)
- sbaglio noun (an error)
- confondere verb (to take one thing for another)
- errare verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Japanese
4 entries- エラー noun (an error)
- ミス noun (an error)
- 誤り noun (an error)
- 過ち noun (an error)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- asnera noun (an error)
Kalmyk
1 entries- эндү noun (an error)
Kannada
1 entries- ತಪ್ಪು noun (an error)
Kazakh
2 entries- қате noun (an error)
- қателік noun (an error)
Khmer
3 entries- កំហុស noun (an error)
- ច្រឡំ verb (to take one thing for another)
- ច្រឡំ verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Korean
4 entries- 미스 noun (an error)
- 실수 noun (an error)
- 에러 noun (an error)
- 잘못 noun (an error)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- жаңылыш noun (an error)
- жаңылыштык noun (an error)
- ката noun (an error)
- каталык noun (an error)
Ladino
3 entries- yerro noun (an error)
- yierro noun (an error)
- yerrar verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Lakota
1 entries- wóglušna noun (an error)
Lao
1 entries- ຂໍ້ຜິດພາດ noun (an error)
Latin
4 entries- error noun (an error)
- erro verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
- fallo verb (to take one thing for another)
- fallor verb (to take one thing for another)
Latvian
1 entries- kļūda noun (an error)
Lithuanian
1 entries- klaida noun (an error)
Macedonian
1 entries- гре́шка noun (an error)
Malay
2 entries- kesilapan noun (an error)
- salah faham verb (to take one thing for another)
Malayalam
4 entries- തെറ്റ് noun (an error)
- പിശക് noun (an error)
- തെറ്റുക verb (to take one thing for another)
- തെറ്റുക verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Maltese
1 entries- żball noun (an error)
Marathi
1 entries- चूक noun (an error)
Mongolian
1 entries- алдаа noun (an error)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- xeletî noun (an error)
- çewtî noun (an error)
- şaşî noun (an error)
Norwegian
2 entries- misforstå verb (to take one thing for another)
- ta feil verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- feil noun (an error)
- feilgrep noun (an error)
- tabbe noun (an error)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- feil noun (an error)
Occitan
2 entries- error noun (an error)
- confondre verb (to take one thing for another)
Odia
1 entries- ଭୁଲ noun (an error)
Old English
2 entries- ġedwola noun (an error)
- dwolian verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Ossetian
1 entries- рӕдыд noun (an error)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- خطا noun (an error)
- غلط noun (an error)
- یاڭلیش noun (an error)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- гришка noun (an error)
- хиба noun (an error)
Pashto
2 entries- تېروتنه noun (an error)
- غلط noun (an error)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Fäla noun (an error)
Polish
4 entries- błąd noun (an error)
- pomyłka noun (an error)
- pomylić verb (to take one thing for another)
- pomylić się verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Portuguese
4 entries- engano noun (an error)
- equívoco noun (an error)
- erro noun (an error)
- confundir verb (to take one thing for another)
Romanian
4 entries- eroare noun (an error)
- greșeală noun (an error)
- confunda verb (to take one thing for another)
- greși verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Russian
4 entries- заблужде́ние noun (an error)
- оши́бка noun (an error)
- непра́вильно понима́ть verb (to take one thing for another)
- обозна́ться verb (to take one thing for another)
Sanskrit
2 entries- अशुद्धि noun (an error)
- त्रुटि noun (an error)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- grjȅška noun (an error)
- grȅška noun (an error)
- pògreška noun (an error)
- pògrješka noun (an error)
Sinhalese
2 entries- වරදක් noun (an error)
- වැරදීම noun (an error)
Slovak
2 entries- chyba noun (an error)
- omyl noun (an error)
Slovene
2 entries- napaka noun (an error)
- zmota noun (an error)
Southern Altai
1 entries- јастыра noun (an error)
Spanish
4 entries- desacierto noun (an error)
- desatino noun (an error)
- equivocación noun (an error)
- error noun (an error)
Swahili
2 entries- kosa noun (an error)
- kosa verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Swedish
4 entries- fel noun (an error)
- miss noun (an error)
- misstag noun (an error)
- begå ett misstag verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Tagalog
2 entries- kamalian noun (an error)
- mali noun (an error)
Tajik
3 entries- иштибоҳ noun (an error)
- хато noun (an error)
- ғалат noun (an error)
Tamil
1 entries- பிழை noun (an error)
Tatar
1 entries- хата noun (an error)
Telugu
4 entries- పొరపాటు noun (an error)
- పొరపడు verb (to take one thing for another)
- పొరపడు verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
- పొరబడు verb (to take one thing for another)
Thai
2 entries- ข้อผิดพลาด noun (an error)
- ความผิดพลาด noun (an error)
Tibetan
1 entries- ནོར་འཁྲུལ noun (an error)
Tocharian B
2 entries- nāki noun (an error)
- triśalñe noun (an error)
Turkish
4 entries- galat noun (an error)
- hata noun (an error)
- yanlış noun (an error)
- hata etmek verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Turkmen
2 entries- ýalňyş noun (an error)
- ýal–yş noun (an error)
Ukrainian
4 entries- по́милка noun (an error)
- поми́лка noun (an error)
- хи́ба noun (an error)
- помили́тися verb (''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)
Urdu
4 entries- بُھول noun (an error)
- خَطا noun (an error)
- غَلَط noun (an error)
- غَلَط فَہْمی noun (an error)
Uyghur
1 entries- خاتا noun (an error)
Uzbek
2 entries- gʻalat noun (an error)
- xato noun (an error)
Venetan
1 entries- eror noun (an error)
Vietnamese
2 entries- lỗi noun (an error)
- nhầm lẫn verb (to take one thing for another)
Welsh
1 entries- camgymryd verb (to take one thing for another)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 錯誤 /错误 noun (an error)
Yiddish
2 entries- גרײַז noun (an error)
- טעות noun (an error)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
Spenser's mother often scrutinizes him for every small mistake he makes.
Source: tatoeba (1986)
A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.
Source: tatoeba (2274)
Do you think he made that mistake on purpose?
Source: tatoeba (15851)
Showing 4 of 27 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.