godan verb (-u), transitive verb
misperceive visually; misread; mistake for something else
Used when you see something incorrectly, misread a character or sign, or confuse one person/thing with another. Often interchangeable with 見間違える, but 見間違う can sound slightly more casual or dialectal.
See also: 見間違える
遠くにいた人を弟と見間違った。
I mistook the person in the distance for my younger brother.
数字の「1」と「7」を見間違わないように気をつけてください。
Please be careful not to misread the numbers '1' and '7'.