misstatement

Other forms: misstatements

Definitions of misstatement

1. noun

   a statement that contains a mistake
   types:

   error, mistake

   part of a statement that is not correct

   malaprop, malapropism

   the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

   slip of the tongue

   an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking

   corrigendum

   a printer's error; to be corrected

   erratum, literal, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error

   a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

   spoonerism

   transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words

   type of:

   statement

   a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc