Mistake

"Mistake" in French

erreur

(an error)

faute

(an error)

confondre (avec)

(to take one thing for another)

faire erreur

(to take one thing for another)

méprendre

(to take one thing for another)

se tromper

(''(obsolete in English)'' to commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong)

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