misrecalling
Getting memories wrong
Misrecalling is remembering something incorrectly—retrieving a memory that differs from what actually happened.
The word emphasizes the act of recall rather than the state of having a false memory: I kept misrecalling her name as Sarah instead of Susan.
Unlike forgetting, misrecalling produces a memory, just an inaccurate one.
Inaccurate mental retrieval
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- confabulationInvented memories believed true
false memory · mythologizing · warping · twisting · anachronism · telescoping · conflation · blending
Failing to retain memories
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
- blankWithout marks or content
gap · fuzziness · haze · fog · vagueness · oblivion · unreliable memory · false memory
Wrong action or decision
- inaccuracyLack of precision
- misstatementIncorrect assertion of fact
- misattributionCrediting the wrong source
- misquotationInaccurate rendering of speech
factual error · slip · blunder · mix-up · confusion · name confusion
misremembering
Inaccurate mental retrieval
- fabricationDeliberately untrue statement
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
confabulation · false memory · mythologizing · warping · twisting · anachronism · telescoping · conflation · blending · source confusion
forgetting
Failing to retain memories
- forgetfulnessFailure to retain information
- lapseBrief failure or expiration
- amnesiaPathological loss of recall
blank · gap · fuzziness · haze · fog · vagueness · oblivion · unreliable memory · false memory · memory slip
mistake
Wrong action or decision
- inaccuracyLack of precision
- misstatementIncorrect assertion of fact
- misattributionCrediting the wrong source
misquotation · factual error · slip · blunder · mix-up · confusion · name confusion
recall, recalled, recalling, unrecallable, misrecall, misrecalled