miscalculation

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noun

An incorrect or mistaken calculation.

Similar
misreckoningmisestimation
OriginEnglish calculation ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
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Meanings

nounmiscalculation (countable and uncountable, plural miscalculations)

plural miscalculations

  1. countableuncountableAn incorrect or mistaken calculation.
  2. countableuncountableAn error in judgment.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna mistake in calculating

Similar
misreckoningmisestimation
Broader
mistakeerrorfault
Also see
miscomputationmisestimationmisreckoning

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishcalculation
  10. Englishmiscalculation

From mis- + calculation.

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Translations

Dutch rekenfout
  • rekenfoutan incorrect or mistaken calculation
Finnish laskuvirhe
  • laskuvirhean incorrect or mistaken calculation
German Fehlkalkulation, Rechenfehler
  • Fehlkalkulationan incorrect or mistaken calculation
  • Rechenfehleran incorrect or mistaken calculation
Irish mí-áireamh, míríomh
  • mí-áireamhan incorrect or mistaken calculation
  • míríomhan incorrect or mistaken calculation
Japanese 誤算
  • 誤算 (gosan)an incorrect or mistaken calculation
Polish błąd w obliczeniach
  • błąd w obliczeniachan incorrect or mistaken calculation
Portuguese erro de cálculo
  • erro de cálculoan incorrect or mistaken calculation
Romanian calcul greșit, calculare greșită
  • calcul greșitan incorrect or mistaken calculation
  • calculare greșităan incorrect or mistaken calculation
  • calcul eronatan incorrect or mistaken calculation
Russian просчёт
  • просчёт (prosčót)an incorrect or mistaken calculation
Spanish miscalculación
  • miscalculaciónan incorrect or mistaken calculation
Swedish felräkning
  • felräkningan incorrect or mistaken calculation
Ukrainian прораху́нок
  • прораху́нок (proraxúnok)an incorrect or mistaken calculation
Cite this entry
APA

miscalculation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscalculation

MLA

“miscalculation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscalculation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miscalculation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miscalculation.

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