Meanings
comparative more incorrect · superlative most incorrect
plural incorrects
- An item or response that is incorrect.
Having each day's rates of corrects and incorrects written next to the graph also makes it easier for you to check the ... If you also have students count problems incorrect, calling them “not yets,” or “learning opportunities,” or ...
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Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
adjective(of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles
adjectivecharacterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchincorrect
- Englishincorrect
From Middle French incorrect. By surface analysis, in- + correct.
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian неправилен, неверен
- неправилен (nepravilen)erroneous
- неверен (neveren)erroneous
- неточен (netočen)erroneous
Catalan incorrecte
- incorrecteerroneous
Chinese Mandarin 不對, 不对
- 不對erroneous
- 不对 (bù duì)erroneous
- 不正確erroneous
- 不正确 (bù zhèngquè)erroneous
Czech nesprávný
- nesprávnýerroneous
Dutch incorrect
- incorrecterroneous
Esperanto malĝusta
- malĝustaerroneous
Finnish virheellinen
- virheellinenerroneous
German inkorrekt
- inkorrekterroneous
Hindi त्रुटिपूर्ण
- त्रुटिपूर्ण (truṭipūrṇ)erroneous
Hungarian helytelen, téves
- helytelenerroneous
- téveserroneous
- hibáserroneous
Irish mícheart
- míchearterroneous
Italian errato, scorretto
- erratoerroneous
- scorrettoerroneous
Japanese 間違った
- 間違った (machigatta)erroneous
Korean 그른, 잘못된
- 그른 (geureun)erroneous
- 잘못된 (jalmotdoen)erroneous
Latin perperus
- perperuserroneous
Latvian nepareizs, kļūdains
- nepareizserroneous
- kļūdainserroneous
Malay tidak betul, tidak benar
- tidak betulerroneous
- tidak benarerroneous
Māori muhu
- muhuerroneous
Polish nieprawidłowy, niepoprawny
- nieprawidłowyerroneous
- niepoprawnyerroneous
- błędnyerroneous
Portuguese incorreto
- incorretoerroneous
Romanian incorect
- incorecterroneous
Russian непра́вильный, неве́рный
- непра́вильный (neprávilʹnyj)erroneous
- неве́рный (nevérnyj)erroneous
Slovak nesprávny
- nesprávnyerroneous
Spanish incorrecto
- incorrectoerroneous
Swedish felaktig, inkorrekt
- felaktigerroneous
- inkorrekterroneous
Thai ผิด
- ผิด (pìt)erroneous
Ukrainian непра́вильний
- непра́вильний (neprávylʹnyj)erroneous
Urdu غلط
- غلط (ġalat)erroneous
Vietnamese không chính xác, sai
- không chính xácerroneous
- saierroneous
- không đúngerroneous
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with incorrect
Cite this entry
incorrect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incorrect
“incorrect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incorrect. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incorrect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incorrect.
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