miscount

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verb

mis·​count ˌmis-ˈkau̇nt 

miscounted; miscounting

transitive + intransitive

: to make a mistake in counting (something) : to count (something) incorrectly

miscount the number of workers in the office

miscounted in figuring how much change to give

miscount

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noun

mis·​count ˈmis-ˌkau̇nt 

plural miscounts

: an incorrect count

a miscount of the votes

Examples of miscount in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Meanwhile, top language models frequently make mistakes that few people ever would, like miscounting the number of times the letter r occurs in strawberry. —Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025

That’s partly because Covid lockdowns increased the risk of miscounting college students and people with second homes. —The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2025

Noun

For more than five years, Republicans who question the results of the 2020 election demanded to inspect the original ballots from Fulton County to validate their suspicions of miscounts, missing votes and fraud. —Mark Niesse For The Ajc, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026

Asked about Trump’s push for Texas to redistrict in order to help Republicans maintain control in the midterms, Kiley claimed Democrats benefit politically from undocumented immigrants being included in census counts and from miscounts during the 2020 census. —Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1551, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for miscount

• account
• amount
• discount
• dismount
• recount
• remount
• seamount
• surmount
• count
• fount
• mount
• rediscount

Kids Definition

miscount

verb

mis·​count

(ˈ)mis-ˈkau̇nt

: to count incorrectly

miscount noun