聞(き)き間違(まちが)い

ききまちがい
noun
mishearing; hearing mistake
1. mishearing; mistake in hearing
hearing something incorrectly or misunderstanding what was said
聞(き)き間違(まちが)いだったらすみません。
Sorry if I misheard.
それは聞(き)き間違(まちが)いではないですか。
Isn't that a mishearing?
電話(でんわ)で聞(き)き間違(まちが)いをして約束(やくそく)の時間(じかん)を勘違(かんちが)いした。
I misheard on the phone and got the appointment time wrong.

COMPOUND STRUCTURE:
聞(き)き間違(まちが)い combines 聞(き)く (to hear) + 間違(まちが)い (mistake).

COMMON CONTEXTS:

  • 電話(でんわ) - phone calls (poor connection)
  • 騒(さわ)がしい場所(ばしょ) - noisy places
  • 外国語(がいこくご) - foreign languages
  • 方言(ほうげん) - dialects

RELATED ～間違(まちが)い WORDS:

  • 言(い)い間違(まちが)い - slip of the tongue
  • 書(か)き間違(まちが)い - writing mistake
  • 読(よ)み間違(まちが)い - misreading
  • 見(み)間違(まちが)い - mistaken sight

SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS:

  • 聞(き)き違(ちが)い - mishearing (alternative)
  • 聞(き)き取(と)れない - unable to catch/hear
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Added 2026.1.27 20:45
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