mishear

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To hear wrongly.

   I misheard when she asked for mints, and gave her mince instead.

2. verb To misunderstand. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Similar words

miscommunicate misword misken mislearn overhear misread mistake misanswer misinfer misunderstand

Often followed by

the what or and it

Word family

misheard mishearing mishears