間違える (machigaeru) Japanese meaning: make a mistake | Kotomora

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間違える · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

General verb for making an error in an action, answer, or procedure. Often used with the thing mistaken marked by を.

間ま違ちがうN3
間違う is the intransitive counterpart meaning 'to be wrong/mistaken', while 間違える is transitive and focuses on the act of making the mistake.

誤あやまるN2sense 1
誤る is a more formal word for making a mistake, often in judgment or official matters, while 間違える is the everyday word for getting something wrong.
取とり違ちがえる sense 2
取り違える specifically means to mix up or swap one thing for another, a narrower case of the 'mistake A for B' sense of 間違える.
抜ぬかる
間違える is the broad, everyday verb for making any kind of mistake, while 抜かる specifically implies a lapse of attention or carelessness.
違たがえる
間違える is the everyday word for making a mistake, while 違える can express the same idea but sounds more formal or literary.

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誤あやまって
誤って is an adverbial phrase describing how an action was done, while 間違える is the everyday verb meaning to make a mistake or mix something up.
混こん同どうN2
間違える is a general verb for making a mistake of any kind, while 混同 specifically refers to failing to distinguish two separate things.
見み誤あやまるN2
間違える is a general word for making any kind of mistake, while 見誤る specifically involves misjudging something through observation.
違ちがえる

見み違ちがえるN1
間違える is a general word for making a mistake in doing or saying something, while 見違える is narrower, referring specifically to visually misidentifying a person or thing due to a change in appearance.

間ま違ちがえ
mistake; error; blunder · accident; mishap; trouble · indiscretion; improper conduct
見み間ま違ちがえる
misperceive visually; misread; mistake for something/someone else
言いい間ま違ちがえ
slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
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間ま違ちがえるUsage88%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and general use.
まちがえるUsage12%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and when the kanji is not needed.

Formed from 間 and 違える, the transitive counterpart of 違う; it denotes making a discrepancy or mistaking one thing for another.