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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to mistake:   (150 results)

Appears in the definition of:
., abuse, admonisher, betise, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boob, boo-boo, botch, bungle, camp, challenging, chastening, chastisement, clanger, cloud, confound, confuse, confusion, correction, cost, distortion, easily, err, erratum, flub, folly, foolishness, forfeit, forfeiture, forgiveness, foul-up, frightful, goof, imbecility, incursion, lapse, literal, literal error, loath, make, miscalculation, miscue, misestimation, misplaced, misprint, misreckoning, misstatement, mix-up, monitor, omission, oversight, parapraxis, pardon, premeditate, rectification, reminder, renege, revoke, ruefully, sacrifice, shame, sin, skip, slip, slip of the tongue, slip-up, stupidity, toast, turn around, typo, typographical error, unmistakably, unwitting

Often used in the same context:
accident, error, misstake, mistakes, normal, straight

More specific:
balls-up, ballup, betise, blooper, blot, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, cockup, confounding, confusion, corrigendum, distortion, erratum, fall for, flub, folly, foolishness, footfault, foul-up, imbecility, lapse, literal, literal error, mess-up, miscalculation, miscue, misdoing, misestimation, misjudge, misprint, misreckoning, mix-up, omission, oversight, renege, revoke, skip, slip, slipup, slip up, smear, smirch, spot, stain, stumble, stupidity, trip up, typo, typographical error

Synonyms:
confound, confuse, err, error, fault, misapprehension, misidentify, misunderstanding, slip

More general:
identify, investigating, investigation, misconception, misstatement, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement



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