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miscategorise

miscategorise is the alternative spelling of miscategorize.

Meaning of miscategorize

Verb

miscategorize (third-person singular simple present miscategorizes, present participle miscategorizing, simple past and past participle miscategorized)

  1. To categorize incorrectly.
    Synonyms:
    misclassify

Forms of miscategorise

third-person singular presentmiscategorises
present participlemiscategorising
past participlemiscategorised
pastmiscategorised

Origin of miscategorise

From mis- + categorise.

Questions about miscategorise

What is miscategorise the alternative spelling of?
Miscategorise is the alternative spelling of miscategorize.

Words near miscategorise in the dictionary

  1. miscatch
  2. miscatches
  3. miscatching
  4. miscategorisation
  5. miscategorisations
  6. miscategorise
  7. miscategorised
  8. miscategorises
  9. miscategorising
  10. miscategorization
  11. miscategorizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: miscategorise (page history and authors); miscategorize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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