different between misle vs mistle

English

Etymology 1

Probably a blend of mist +? drizzle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?z??/

Noun

misle (uncountable)

1. A fine rain or thick mist; mizzle.

Verb

misle (third-person singular simple present misles, present participle misling, simple past and past participle misled)

1. To rain in fine drops; to mizzle.

Etymology 2

From misled, the standard irregular past tense of mislead, being misconstrued as *misle +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?z??/, /?m?z??/, /?m?s??/

Verb

misle (third-person singular simple present misles, present participle misling, simple past and past participle misled)

1. (nonstandard, rare or humorous) To mislead.

Further reading

• misle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Imels, Liems, Miles, limes, miles, milse, slime, smile

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

misle (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. third-person plural present of misliti

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?s?l/

Etymology 1

From Middle English mistel (“basil; mistletoe”), from Old English mistel (“basil; mistletoe”), from Proto-West Germanic *mistil (“mistle”), from Proto-Germanic *mistilaz (“mistle”).

Noun

mistle (countable and uncountable, plural mistles)

1. (obsolete) mistletoe
2. (countable) the mistle thrush

Etymology 2

Verb

mistle (third-person singular simple present mistles, present participle mistling, simple past and past participle mistled)

1. To fall like a fine rain; to drizzle.

Related terms

• mist

Anagrams

• smilet

Morelos Nahuatl

Noun

mistle

1. puma, cat.