Home › Words › M › misteachmisteachmisteach means to teach incorrectly.EtymologyFrom Middle English mistechen, from Old English mistǣċan (“to teach amiss, teach falsely”), equivalent to mis- + teach.verbTo teach incorrectly.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.misteaching 88% match — Wrong, false, or incorrect teaching. vs misteach →misteacher 78% match — One who misteaches. vs misteach →misinstruct 72% match — To instruct badly or wrongly. vs misteach →mistell 68% match — To tell inaccurately. vs misteach →forteach 67% match — To unteach; contradict; misteach. vs misteach →miseducate 66% match — To educate wrongly. vs misteach →miswrite 65% match — To write incorrectly. vs misteach →misspell 64% match — To spell incorrectly. vs misteach →