wrong number

noun

: an incorrect telephone number

I think you have dialed the wrong number.

Examples of wrong number in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Somebody entered the wrong number. — Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 15 June 2026

The man later claimed Gerodemos dialed a wrong number. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026

Sometimes the import agent or the customs official jots down the wrong product code, the wrong tariff rate, or the wrong number of units. — Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2026

Finding Emily centers on a smitten musician who receives the wrong number for his perfect woman and teams up with an ambitious psychology student to locate her. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for wrong number

• encumber
• outnumber
• renumber
• cumber
• lumber
• slumber
• umber