miscount
Err while tallying
To miscount is to count incorrectly, arriving at the wrong total: I miscounted the ballots and had to start over.
As a noun, a miscount is an inaccurate count: A miscount in the inventory caused confusion.
The error can go either direction—too many or too few.
Wrong action or decision
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- inaccuracyLack of precision
- miscalculationError in estimation
oversight · slip · fault · flaw · clerical error · human error · correction · amendment
Recorded count
- totalComplete sum
- sumAddition's result
- enumerateList items individually
- tabulateArrange data in columns
inventory · census · register · headcount · stocktake · audit · ledger · reckoning
Voting document
- voteFormal choice expression
- electionOrganized public voting
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
irregularity · disputed · contested · certification · scrutineer · hanging chad · spoiled ballot · provisional ballot
mistake
Wrong action or decision
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- inaccuracyLack of precision
miscalculation · oversight · slip · fault · flaw · clerical error · human error · correction · amendment · rectification
tally
Recorded count
tabulate · inventory · census · register · headcount · stocktake · audit · ledger · reckoning · numeration
ballot
Voting document
fraud · irregularity · disputed · contested · certification · scrutineer · hanging chad · spoiled ballot · provisional ballot · audit
- mis- wordsmisbehave, miscall, misdeed, misfire, misfit
- calculation errorsmiscalculation, math error, addition error, subtraction error, multiplication error
- election fraudelection fraud, voter fraud, ballot stuffing, ballot tampering, vote rigging
- election problemsovervote, undervote, voter fraud, ballot stuffing, double voting
- counting mistakesoff-by-one, undercount, overcount, omission, duplication
- inventory errorsmislabel, wrong location, wrong item, overstock, understock