Word.ws English Dictionary

misreckon

UK/mɪsˈɹɛkən/

misreckon verb: to add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).

Verb

misreckon (third-person singular simple present misreckons, present participle misreckoning, simple past and past participle misreckoned)

  1. (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
  2. (obsolete, reflexive) To make a wrong calculation, to be in error.
    • And therefore he that hath once misreckoned himselfe is never seene againe., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.207

misreckon meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

misreckon in Tamil

பிழையாகக் கணக்கிடு

misreckon in Urdu

غلط حساب لگانا

misreckon in Bengali

ভুলভাবে যোগ করা, ভুল গণনা করা, ভুলের মধ্যে থাকা

Forms of misreckon

third-person singular presentmisreckons
present participlemisreckoning
past participlemisreckoned
pastmisreckoned

Origin of misreckon

From mis- + reckon.

Questions about misreckon

What does misreckon mean?
Misreckon means to add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
What is misreckon in Tamil?
Misreckon in Tamil is பிழையாகக் கணக்கிடு. See Misreckon meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is misreckon?
Misreckon is a verb.
How do you pronounce misreckon?
Misreckon is pronounced /mɪsˈɹɛkən/ (UK).
What is the past tense of misreckon?
The past tense of misreckon is misreckoned.

Words near misreckon in the dictionary

  1. misrecitation
  2. misrecite
  3. misrecited
  4. misrecites
  5. misreciting
  6. misreckon
  7. misreckoned
  8. misreckoning
  9. misreckonings
  10. misreckons
  11. misrecognise

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: misreckon (page history and authors); misreckon (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misreckon (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misreckon (Bengali Wiktionary) (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: “misreckon.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/misreckon. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.