誤り・謬り・謬|あやまりayamari[4]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounerror; mistake; slip; bug
   私の誤あやまりは彼かれの怒いかりを招まねいた。↗

   My mistake incurred his anger.

• Synonym過ちあやまちWrittenWritten/formal prose. Covers errors and failures, and often moral faults or misdeeds, as in 「過ちを犯す」; 誤り centers on being incorrect.
• Synonym過失かしつWrittenWritten/formal prose. A lapse caused by carelessness; in law it contrasts with intent, as in 「過失致死」. 誤り does not stress responsibility.
• Synonym間違いまちがいNeutralThe everyday default for mistakes, as in 「計算の間違い」. 誤り leans written and formal.
• SynonymミスCasualLoanword, common in speech, for slips and blunders, as in 「ケアレスミス」「判断ミス」. 誤り leans written.
• Synonym錯誤さくごWrittenAn error where one's understanding does not match the facts, as in 「時代錯誤」「試行錯誤」; written, also legal.
• SynonymエラーNeutralLoanword for a program error message or a baseball fielding error, as in 「エラーが出る」. 誤り is not limited to machines.
• Synonym誤謬ごびゅうFormalFormal written language for logical or cognitive fallacies, as in 「論理の誤謬」; strongly academic.
• Synonym間違えまちがえCasualColloquial noun form of 「間違える」, getting something wrong; common in 「言い間違え」「書き間違え」.
• Synonym誤ごWrittenUsed as a prefix or single character, as in 「誤字」「正誤表」; on its own it means error in written style. Say 「誤り」 in ordinary use.
• SynonymミステイクNeutralLoanword for a mistake, rare in daily use; say 「ミス」 or 「間違い」 instead. 誤り leans written.
• Related落ち度おちどWrittenWritten/formal prose for a blameworthy lapse or negligence, as in 「こちらに落ち度はない」; stresses responsibility.
• Related過誤かごFormalFormal written language for errors and faults, as in 「医療過誤」; mostly in specialist fields.
• Related失策しっさくWrittenWritten/formal prose for a misstep in one's course of action, also a fielding error in baseball, as in 「大きな失策」.
• Related失敗しっぱいNeutralNot managing to do something, failure, as in 「試験に失敗する」. 誤り points to what is incorrect.
• Related失態しったいFormalFormal, for an embarrassing blunder that costs you face, as in 「失態を演じる」; stresses loss of dignity.
• Related手落ちておちWrittenWritten/formal prose for an oversight or mishandling, as in 「こちらの手落ちです」; stresses careless handling.
• Related仕損じしそんじCasualColloquial, for botching a task or slipping up, as in 「急いては事を仕損じる」.
• Related仕損ないしそこないCasualColloquial, for botching or fumbling something; close to 「仕損じ」. 誤り focuses on an incorrect result.
• RelatedポカCasualColloquial, for a silly mistake you would not normally make; from go and shogi. 誤り lacks this nuance.
• RelatedしくじりCasualColloquial, for failing or messing up, as in 「大きなしくじり」. 誤り focuses on being incorrect.
• Related手抜かりてぬかりWrittenWritten/formal prose for an omission caused by carelessness, as in 「手抜かりのないように」; stresses what is left out.
• Antonym正せいWrittenAntonym. Correctness, paired with 「誤」 as in 「正誤」; the opposite of 誤り on the right–wrong axis.

Use 「誤り」 for errors in written or formal contexts; in everyday speech use 「間違い」 or 「ミス」. For a wrongdoing committed use 「過ち」, for lapses from negligence 「過失」 or 「落ち度」, for failing to get something done 「失敗」, and for logical fallacies 「誤謬」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 間違まちがい。正ただしくないこと。
2. 失敗しっぱい。過あやまち。