Explore Misidentify through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like mistake or identify. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Misidentify meaning
To mistake the identity of (something or someone).
Using Misidentify
- The main meaning on this page is: To mistake the identity of (something or someone).
- Useful related words include: mistake, identify.
- In the example corpus, misidentify often appears in combinations such as: to misidentify.
Context around Misidentify
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Misidentify
- In this selection, "misidentify" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, birds, itself and targets stand out and add context to how "misidentify" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include autonav to misidentify targets and chances to misidentify birds. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "misidentify" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with misidentify
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Arizona gave me hundreds of chances to misidentify birds. (9 words)
Charges of possession of drug-related objects, driving on improper registration, use of license plate to misidentify and driving without a license were dismissed. (24 words)
So long as Fox continues to identify — or, misidentify — itself as a news organization, neither its pundits nor its reporters have any business rallying with Trump or any other political figure. (31 words)
Most problems were in identifying objects that were too dim, or were difficult to identify because of brighter objects causing diffraction spikes and reflections in the camera, causing Autonav to misidentify targets. (32 words)
So long as Fox continues to identify — or, misidentify — itself as a news organization, neither its pundits nor its reporters have any business rallying with Trump or any other political figure. (31 words)
Charges of possession of drug-related objects, driving on improper registration, use of license plate to misidentify and driving without a license were dismissed. (24 words)
Example sentences (4)
Arizona gave me hundreds of chances to misidentify birds.
Charges of possession of drug-related objects, driving on improper registration, use of license plate to misidentify and driving without a license were dismissed.
So long as Fox continues to identify — or, misidentify — itself as a news organization, neither its pundits nor its reporters have any business rallying with Trump or any other political figure.
Most problems were in identifying objects that were too dim, or were difficult to identify because of brighter objects causing diffraction spikes and reflections in the camera, causing Autonav to misidentify targets.
Common combinations with misidentify
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to misidentify 3×