How to spell misread

hear itmis·read/mɪs'rid/verbPrefixes and work

What it means: To understand written words or signs incorrectly.

In a sentence: I misread the map and went to the wrong house.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as misreed or missread.

Same family: read, reread, misreading, misunderstand, interpret. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Misread” is formed from the Old English verb “readan,” meaning to advise or interpret, plus the prefix “mis-,” which means “wrongly” or “badly.” So it literally means “to read wrongly,” which is exactly how we use it today.

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