How to spell misjudge

hear itmis·judge/mɪs'dʒədʒ/verbPrefixes and work

What it means: To form an incorrect opinion about something.

In a sentence: Sometimes, we misjudge a situation and think it's worse than it really is.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as missjudge or misjudg.

Same family: judgment, judging, misjudgment, judgmental. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The prefix "mis-" comes from Old English and means "wrong" or "badly," so "misjudge" literally means "to judge wrongly." The root "judge" ultimately comes from Latin "judicare," meaning "to give a decision" or "to pass judgment."

Patterns it uses: Prefixes keep every letter

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