Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mistaken identity

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables
mis-tak-en i-den-ti-ty
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A case of false belief that a certain individual is someone else.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A defense in criminal law based on this situation, claiming that any eyewitnesses to a crime incorrectly thought that they saw the defendant.

Countable; Uncountable

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Inflected Forms

mistaken identities (plural)

Questions

What does mistaken identity mean?
A case of false belief that a certain individual is someone else.

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