An act or thought that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true

• trip

  1. A going from one place to another; a journey.
  2. A stumble or fall.
  3. A maneuver causing someone to stumble or fall.

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• slip-up

  1. An error; an oversight.

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• slip

  1. To move smoothly, easily, and quietly:
  2. To move stealthily; steal:
  3. To escape, as from a grasp, fastening, or restraint:

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• misstep

  1. A misplaced or awkward step.
  2. An instance of wrong or improper conduct; a blunder.
  3. To make a mistake.

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• miscue

  1. A stroke in billiards that misses or just brushes the ball because of a slip of the cue.
  2. A mistake.
  3. To make a miscue.

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• lapse

  1. To fall from a previous level or standard, as of accomplishment, quality, or conduct:
  2. To deviate from a prescribed or accepted way:
  3. To pass gradually or smoothly; slip:

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• incorrectness

  1. The characteristic of being incorrect.

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• inaccuracy

  1. The quality or condition of being inaccurate.
  2. An instance of being inaccurate; an error.

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• error

  1. An act, assertion, or belief that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true.
  2. The condition of having incorrect or false knowledge.
  3. The act or an instance of deviating from an accepted code of behavior.

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• erratum

  1. An error in printing or writing, especially such an error noted in a list of corrections and bound into a book.

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To make an error or mistake

• trip up

  1. (intransitive) To commit an error, make a mistake.
  2. To cause (someone) to commit an error, trick into a mistake.
  3. (intransitive) To fall or stumble.

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• stumble

  1. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall.
  2. To proceed unsteadily or falteringly; flounder.
  3. To act or speak falteringly or clumsily:

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• slip-up

  1. An error; an oversight.

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• slip

  1. To move smoothly, easily, and quietly:
  2. To move stealthily; steal:
  3. To escape, as from a grasp, fastening, or restraint:

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• miscue

  1. A stroke in billiards that misses or just brushes the ball because of a slip of the cue.
  2. A mistake.
  3. To make a miscue.

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• err

  1. To make an error or misjudgment:
  2. To commit an act that is wrong; do wrong.
  3. To stray.

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To understand incorrectly

• misunderstand

  1. To understand incorrectly; misinterpret.

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• misread

  1. To read inaccurately.
  2. To misinterpret or misunderstand:

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• misinterpret

  1. To interpret or explain wrongly.

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• misconstrue

  1. To mistake the meaning of; misinterpret.

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• misconceive

  1. To interpret incorrectly; misunderstand.

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• misapprehend

  1. To apprehend incorrectly; misunderstand.

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To take (one thing) mistakenly for another

• mix-up

  1. A state or an instance of confusion; a muddle:
  2. A fight or melee.

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• confuse

  1. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; bewilder or perplex.
  2. To cause to feel embarrassment.
  3. To fail to differentiate (one person or thing) from another:

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• confound

  1. To cause to become confused or perplexed.
  2. To fail to distinguish; mix up:
  3. To make (something bad) worse:

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A blunder

• slip

  1. To move smoothly, easily, and quietly:
  2. To move stealthily; steal:
  3. To escape, as from a grasp, fastening, or restraint:

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• blunder

  1. A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
  2. To make a mistake.
  3. To move clumsily or haltingly.

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• false-step

  1. a misstep; stumble
  2. a social blunder

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• error

  1. An act, assertion, or belief that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true.
  2. The condition of having incorrect or false knowledge.
  3. The act or an instance of deviating from an accepted code of behavior.

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A misunderstanding

• misjudgment

  1. An act of misjudging, a mistake in judgment.

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• bewilderment

  1. The condition of being confused or disoriented.
  2. A situation of perplexity or confusion; a tangle:

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• perplexity

  1. The state of being perplexed or puzzled.
  2. The state of being intricate or complicated:
  3. Something that perplexes:

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• perversion

  1. The act of perverting.
  2. The state of being perverted.
  3. A sexual practice or act considered abnormal or deviant.

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• misstatement

  1. A statement that is false. Usually indicating an error rather than an intentional lie.

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• misdoubt

  1. To feel doubt or distrust about.

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• misapplication

  1. The illegal misuse of money or property in lawful keeping. The illegal misuse of money or property in lawful keeping.

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• misinterpretation

  1. An instance of misinterpreting.

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• disregarding

  1. Present participle of disregard.

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• confounding

  1. Present participle of confound.
  2. The act by which things are confounded, or confused.

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• bemuddling

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• muddle

  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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• aberration

  1. A deviation from what is considered proper or normal.
  2. A departure from what is typical:
  3. A disorder or abnormal alteration in one's mental state.

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• impression

  1. An effect, feeling, or image retained as a consequence of experience:
  2. A vague notion, remembrance, or belief:
  3. A mark produced on a surface by pressure.

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• underestimation

  1. An underestimate

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• overestimation

  1. An excessive estimation

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• illusion

  1. An erroneous perception of reality:
  2. An erroneous concept or belief:
  3. The condition of being deceived by a false perception or belief:

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• delusion

  1. The act or process of deluding.
  2. The state of being deluded.
  3. A false belief or opinion:

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• misconstruction

  1. An inaccurate explanation, interpretation, or report; a misunderstanding.
  2. A faulty construction, especially of a sentence or clause.

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• misconception

  1. A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding:

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• confusion

  1. The act of confusing or the state of being confused:
  2. An instance of being confused:
  3. Impaired orientation with respect to time, place, or person; a disturbed mental state.

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• misapprehension

  1. a failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding

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