misinterpret

Other forms of misinterpret

past tense

misinterpretted·

present participle

misinterpretting·

third person

misinterprets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about misinterpret

What does misinterpret mean?

misinterpret means "interpret falsely". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in misinterpret?

misinterpret has 4 syllables: mi-sin-ter-pret. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /mɪsɪnˈtɝpɹət/.

What is another word for misinterpret?

Close synonyms include misread, misconstrue, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend. 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 misinterpret a common word?

misinterpret is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with misinterpret?

2 words rhyme with misinterpret. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.