見紛みまがう

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

mistake (A for B); misread

Used when one visually mistakes one thing for another, or misreads a character or situation. The reading みまごう does not conjugate and is less common.

• 暗くらくて、彼かれを見紛みまがうところだった。

  It was dark, and I almost mistook him for someone else.

• この字じは「未み」と見紛みまがうかもしれない。

  You might misread this character as 未.