“+ verb
Etymology: Middle English misheren, from Old English mishȳran, from mis- (I) + hȳran to hear — more at hear
transitive verb
: to hear wrongly
he often mishears the southern Englishman — Sidney Baker
intransitive verb
: to misunderstand what is heard
if we are given a sentence pair which is distinguished by a juncture, we often mishear or are uncertain — Z.S.Harris