identify(RECOGNIZE)
misidentification
A story in Wednesday's paper misidentified his stepmother as his mother.
The article misidentified the town where the school is located.
The mine's location was misidentified in the caption.
Many of these murders were never investigated or were misidentified as accidental deaths.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Identifying
ascribe something to something
ascription
badged
badging
band
distinguishable
distinguishably
distinguishing
distinguishing feature
ear tag
microchip
microchipped
misidentification
over-identification
over-identify
passport
pick
stamp
unnameable
unplaceable