misestimation

Questions about misestimation

What does misestimation mean?

misestimation means "a mistake in calculating".

How many syllables are in misestimation?

misestimation has 6 syllables and divides as mi-se-sti-ma-ti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for misestimation?

Close synonyms include miscalculation, misreckoning. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is misestimation a common word?

misestimation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.