Word.ws English Dictionary

misplead

misplead verb: to plead amiss wrongly; to make an error in pleading.

Verb

misplead (third-person singular simple present mispleads, present participle mispleading, simple past and past participle mispled or mispleaded)

  1. To plead amiss wrongly; to make an error in pleading.

Forms of misplead

third-person singular presentmispleads
present participlemispleading
past participlemispled
pastmispled
past participlemispleaded
pastmispleaded

Origin of misplead

From mis- + plead.

Questions about misplead

What does misplead mean?
Misplead means to plead amiss wrongly; to make an error in pleading.
What part of speech is misplead?
Misplead is a verb.
What is the past tense of misplead?
The past tense of misplead is mispled.

Words near misplead in the dictionary

  1. misplating
  2. misplay
  3. misplayed
  4. misplaying
  5. misplays
  6. misplead
  7. mispleaded
  8. mispleading
  9. mispleadings
  10. mispleads
  11. misplease

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: misplead (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “misplead.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/misplead. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.