miscount

UK: /mɪsˈkaʊnt/

US: /v. mɪsˈkaʊnt; n. ˈmɪsˌkaʊnt/

US: (v. mis kount′; n. mis′kount′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

mis•count /v. mɪsˈkaʊnt; n. ˈmɪsˌkaʊnt/   v. 

1. to count incorrectly: [no object]
   The census miscounted by as much as 20%.
   [~ + object]
   The minority population was miscounted in the last census.

n. [countable]

2. an incorrect counting:
   a miscount by as much as 20%.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mis•count  (v. mis kount′;n. mis′kount′), v.t., v.i. 

1. to count or calculate erroneously.

n. 

2. an erroneous counting;
   miscalculation.

• Middle French mesconter
• 1350–1400; mis-¹ + count¹; replacing Middle English mesconten