misconstrued

About 0.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Interpreted erroneously, understood incorrectly; misunderstood.
2. verb simple past and past participle of misconstrue

Similar words

construed interpreted misinterpreted mistranslated misunderstood misapprehended misconceived misperceptive misconceiving misstudied

Often followed by

as the by and to in into or his