miscount

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/mɪsˈkaʊnt//ˈmɪskaʊnt/

verb

To count incorrectly.

OriginMiddle English miscounten →
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Meanings

verbmiscount (third-person singular simple present miscounts, present participle miscounting, simple past and past participle miscounted)

present singular third person miscounts · participle present miscounting · participle past miscounted · past miscounted

  1. To count incorrectly.
nounmiscount (plural miscounts)

plural miscounts

  1. An incorrect counting.

    To bait the mark, the veteran grifter initially covers one of the three numbers on the clothespin or miscounts the marble tally which serves to award the mark fairbanked points. The grateful mark will not question the grifter's tricky misread or miscount.

    2011, Richard Margittay, Carnival Games: $10,000,000,000 Hoodwink Racket

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmiscounten
  2. Englishmiscount

From Middle English miscounten, equivalent to mis- + count.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with miscount

accountamountdiscountcountmountrecountviscountdismountunmountfountsurmountremount
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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