Home › Words › M › mispacemispacemispace means to do (something) at the wrong pace or speed.EtymologyFrom mis- + pace.verbTo do (something) at the wrong pace or speed.e.g.“The mispacing of the 30-song set would have been a disaster if Denver didn't have such a rich catalog.” — 1981 August 22, Peter Krasilovsky, “Talent In Action: John Denver”, in Billboard, volume 93, number 33:To pace or step incorrectly.e.g.“Had I mispronounced one of the correct words, mispaced one of the steps, forgotten one of the essential herbs?” — 1999, Mary Brown, The Unlikely Ones, page 422:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mistime 67% match — To perform an action at the wrong time; especially to misjudge the timing of coordinated events. vs mispace →mismove 62% match — To move wrongly, incorrectly, or in error. vs mispace →misbeat 62% match — A false, wrong, or incorrect beat; a beat in the wrong time or rhythm. vs mispace →misexecute 61% match — To execute or carry out improperly. vs mispace →mispaddle 61% match — To paddle incorrectly. vs mispace →mistimed 60% match — Done at the wrong time. vs mispace →misschedule 59% match — To schedule badly or wrongly. vs mispace →mishaul 59% match — To haul incorrectly, such as to the wrong location, at the wrong time, or involving the wrong load. vs mispace →