Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of misread
nounmisreading (plural misreadings)
plural misreadings
- An incorrect reading.
When done correctly, kerning helps to improve the readability of text by adding or removing space between two letters. Bad kerning, also known as keming, leads to misreadings, and in the worst cases, incredibly bad (but humorous) misunderstandings.
2018 April 20, jkohorst, “FR E SH A VOCA DO^([sic])”, in Writing for Designers^([dead link])
Translations
Finnish lukuvirhe
- lukuvirhean incorrect reading
Irish míléamh
- míléamhan incorrect reading
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with misreading
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Cite this entry
APA
misreading. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misreading
MLA
“misreading.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misreading. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misreading,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misreading.
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