How do you use Mistaking in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like misinterpretation or misunderstanding, plus the exact meaning.
Mistaking meaning
present participle and gerund of mistake.
Synonyms of Mistaking
Using Mistaking
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of mistake.
- Useful related words include: misinterpretation, misunderstanding, interpretation.
- In the example corpus, mistaking often appears in combinations such as: mistaking the, no mistaking, after mistaking.
Context around Mistaking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mistaking
- In this selection, "mistaking" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, visit, foolishly, police, shane, relative and rocket stand out and add context to how "mistaking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sanitiser mistaking it for and children from mistaking these products. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mistaking" sits close to words such as agonizing, allocates and alves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mistaking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It seems as though some people are mistaking Shane Rangi for the famous star. (14 words)
Nobody is mistaking Claxton for a Nikola Jokic-level passing center, or Domantas Sabonis. (14 words)
There’s no mistaking the engine in the Countryman C for anything but a three-cylinder. (16 words)
An adjunct professor in the Department of Art and Art History, Stratton is young and easygoing—you’d be forgiven for mistaking her for a student, as her energetic demeanor conceals the practiced grace with which she guides the sessions forward. (41 words)
People are familiar with seabirds dying from eating or turtles suffocating as a result of mistaking for jellyfish, but there is very little awareness about plastics that harm creatures at a smaller level, Kirby explains. (35 words)
An offseason spent focusing on getting more comfortable with the ball in his hands appears to be paying off, though no one is mistaking his game for Nikola Jokic’s on either end. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
An offseason spent focusing on getting more comfortable with the ball in his hands appears to be paying off, though no one is mistaking his game for Nikola Jokic’s on either end.
Dementia has taken her current mind into the past, so much so that she rarely recognizes her son when he comes to visit, mistaking him for a revolving cadre of old acquaintances.
Foolishly mistaking her for a camper ready to go home, I received a chilling look from the blue-eyed blonde.
It seems as though some people are mistaking Shane Rangi for the famous star.
People are familiar with seabirds dying from eating or turtles suffocating as a result of mistaking for jellyfish, but there is very little awareness about plastics that harm creatures at a smaller level, Kirby explains.
She warns against mistaking the pause for a “false sense” that the IRS forgot about your tax debt.
Since legalized recreational marijuana sales began in 2014, Colorado has implemented a handful of directives to stop children from mistaking these products for safe, delicious sweets.
The numbers may not be kind to Rahul for now but there is no mistaking the talent that resides within him.
There's no mistaking that Momoko has reached into the Necronomicon to give Carnage this Cthulhu-inspired look.
There would never have been the widespread public backing for vaxports if people had not been misled into exaggerating the threat from Covid by several factorfold and mistaking relative for absolute risk reduction.
While it’s easy to use headcanon to justify the police mistaking Rocket’s home planet, it’s impossible to justify the Lylla Easter egg.
An adjunct professor in the Department of Art and Art History, Stratton is young and easygoing—you’d be forgiven for mistaking her for a student, as her energetic demeanor conceals the practiced grace with which she guides the sessions forward.
As he stepped off the plane, his parents were overjoyed to see him, mistaking him at first for his older brother who often came to visit.
But life alone can lead to some mishaps and Whoopi admitted earlier this year she'd accidentally eaten cat treats after mistaking them for pretzels.
His repeated mistaking of his primary opponent Nikki Haley for Nancy Pelosi in another speech got more coverage, but only because Haley kept mentioning it to mock Trump.
Nobody is mistaking Claxton for a Nikola Jokic-level passing center, or Domantas Sabonis.
Regardless if you are mistaking the average size adult for a turkey you should have your firearms sold off for you by family you're too disabled to hunt.
There’s no mistaking the engine in the Countryman C for anything but a three-cylinder.
This is still a prison, and there is no mistaking that the men are still incarcerated, but they speak of Little Scandinavia with fondness and an appreciation for their newfound independence.
A Health Department official in Andhra Pradesh on Friday fell ill after consuming a sanitiser, mistaking it for drinking water.
Common combinations with mistaking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- mistaking the 15×
- no mistaking 11×
- after mistaking 8×
- mistaking it 7×
- mistaking him 6×
- mistaking her 6×
- mistaking them 6×
- mistaking that 4×
- mistaking his 3×
- are mistaking 3×