mistranscribe
verb[T]
(alsomis-transcribe)uk/ˌmɪs.trænˈskraɪb/us/ˌmɪs.trænˈskraɪb/to make amistakewhen writing down something that has been said orsung, or whenchangingsomething into a different writtenform:
Thereporterlatersaid that she had mistranscribed thecomments, and that thegovernorhad not used the words attributed to him.
Hisnamewas mis-transcribed as "Hodson".
- Thesesonglyricsareamongstthose most oftenmisheardor mistranscribed.
- He both mistranscribes and then mistranslates theopeningchapter.
- They mis-transcribed thenumbers.
- He mis-transcribeddatafrom severalsources.
- Thesurnamehad been mis-transcribed fromhandwriting.
Writing & typing
- asemic
- bashsomethingout
- borrow
- calligrapher
- carriage return
- fair
- jot
- minute
- overwrite
- put/set pencil to paperidiom
- readability
- recompose
- reformulate
- registration
- rekey
- rekeyboard
- scribble
- touch-type
- writ
- writing
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Making mistakes