Home › Words › M › misidentificationmisidentificationmisidentification · noun — an instance of misidentifying; an erroneous identification.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, misidentification ranks #40,998 of 42,854 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom mis- + identification.nounAn instance of misidentifying; an erroneous identification.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.misidentifiable 68% match — Able to be misidentified. vs misidentification →misinterpretation 67% match — An instance of misinterpreting. vs misidentification →misnomered 64% match — Misnamed by way of an instance of misnomering. vs misidentification →misdiagnosis 64% match — An incorrect diagnosis. vs misidentification →misonomy 62% match — The phenomenon of being misnamed. vs misidentification →misinspection 62% match — An inspection that fails to identify something important; the act of misinspecting. vs misidentification →misjudgment 62% match — An act of misjudging; a mistake in judgment. vs misidentification →mislabeling 61% match — An incorrect labeling. vs misidentification →