mistaking

Other forms of mistaking

plural

mistakings·

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 mistaking

What does mistaking mean?

mistaking means "putting the wrong interpretation on".

How many syllables are in mistaking?

mistaking has 3 syllables: mi-sta-king. The stress falls on "sta". In IPA it is /mɪˈsteɪkɪŋ/.

What is another word for mistaking?

Close synonyms include misinterpretation, misunderstanding. 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 mistaking a common word?

mistaking is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 mistaking?

1 word rhymes with mistaking. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.