noun
misreading; reading error
Refers to an error in reading a word, character, or text, often due to similar-looking characters or misinterpretation.
漢字の読み違えに気をつけてください。
Please be careful of misreading kanji.
彼は書類の数字を読み違えて、大きなミスをした。
He misread the numbers on the document and made a big mistake.
読み間違い is a more common and general term for misreading; 読み違え is slightly more formal or literary.
誤読 is a more formal, Sino-Japanese term for misreading, often used in academic or technical contexts.
Compound of 読み (yomi, 'reading') + 違え (chigae, 'mistake, error'), from the verb 読み違える (yomichigaeru, 'to misread').