misremember

Other forms: misremembered

When you misremember, you don't remember accurately. If you recall meeting your best friend in kindergarten, but you actually met in second grade, you misremember the way the two of you met.

When someone misremembers your name, they might call you "Steve" until you correct them, and if you misremember the plot of a book, your English teacher won't appreciate the book report you write about it. Misremember uses the common "bad" or "wrong" prefix, mis-, combined here with remember, from its Latin source rememorari, "recall to mind."

Definitions of misremember

1. verb

   remember incorrectly
   “I misremembered the date”

   type of:

   err, mistake, slip

   make a mistake or be incorrect