mistitle
verb
mis·ti·tle ˌmis-ˈtī-tᵊl 
mistitled; mistitling
transitive verb
1
: to wrongly state the title of (something)
… he mistitles a novel by Beckett …
Gerry Dukes
Gerry Dukes2
: to give a bad or misleading title to
If these were his true intentions, however, he failed the instant he decided to source his reference images online and wantonly mistitle his final paintings … Yo Zushi
Yo Zushi
Word History
First Known Use
1618, in the meaning defined at sense 2
mistitling
verb
as in miscalling
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- miscalling
- specifying
- misnaming
- code-naming
- denoting
- branding
- nicknaming
- stigmatizing
- renaming
- tagging
- styling
- cleping
- labeling
- rechristening
- surnaming
- titling
- entitling
- nominating
- relabeling
- denominating
- christening
- naming
- designating
- baptizing
- dubbing
- terming
- relabelling
- calling
- labelling
- baptising
