misdial

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/mɪsˈdaɪəl//ˈmɪsdaɪəl/

verb

To dial or use a keypad incorrectly, especially on a telephone.

“I misdialled her number and got through to a stranger.”

OriginEnglish dial ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
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Meanings

verbmisdial (third-person singular simple present misdials, present participle (US) misdialing or (UK) misdialling, simple past and past participle (US) misdialed or (UK) misdialled)

present singular third person misdials · US participle present misdialing · UK participle present misdialling · US participle past misdialed · US past misdialed · UK participle past misdialled · UK past misdialled

  1. ambitransitiveTo dial or use a keypad incorrectly, especially on a telephone.

    I misdialled her number and got through to a stranger.

    1 more example

    As for Mr. Vashishta, he laughed in embarrassment as he recalled misdialing 911 not once but twice in a weekend.

    2009 February 15, Habiba Nosheen, “Uh-Oh, Calcutta”, in New York Times
nounmisdial (plural misdials)

plural misdials

  1. An instance of misdialling.

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. Englishdial
  10. Englishmisdial

From mis- + dial.

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Translations

German verwählen
  • verwählento dial incorrectly

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with misdial

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Anagrams

mislaidlamiidsdismail
Cite this entry
APA

misdial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misdial

MLA

“misdial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misdial. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misdial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misdial.

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