Mistake in Malayalam
A mistake is തെറ്റ് (thett), the everyday word for an error in speech, sums or conduct. Formal writing prefers അബദ്ധം (abadham). A slip caused by carelessness is പ്രമാദം (pramadham).
Most common translation
Error, mistake, fault, miscalculation, shooting with a catapult, slipping.
കണക്കിൽ ഒരു ചെറിയ തെറ്റ് വന്നു.
kanakkil oru cheriya thett vannu.
A small mistake crept into the sum.
All Malayalam words for “mistake”
- തെറ്റ് (thett) — Error, mistake, fault, miscalculation, shooting with a catapult, slipping.
- അബദ്ധം (abadham) — Mistake, error.
- പിശക് (pishaku) — Mistake, error, fault, flaw, obstruction; (idm.) a quarrelsome person.
- പ്രമാദം (pramadham) — Fault (caused by carelessness), error, mistake, inadvertence, intoxication, ostentation, pomp, grandeur.
- മറക്കുക (marakkuka) — To forget, to fail to remember, to leave behind by mistake; forgot; the past form of forget, to have failed to remember or to have left behind.
- മാറുക (maaruka) — Change, keep aloof, mistake one thing for another, vanish, improve, change dress, barter.
- ശിക്ഷ (shiksha) — Punishment, a penalty given for a mistake or an offence.
thett is the common error, abadham is formal, pishaku adds fault and flaw, and pramadham points at carelessness.
Common questions
How do you say mistake in Malayalam?
തെറ്റ് (thett) is the word for a mistake.
Which word suits a spelling mistake?
thett does, as it is used for errors in writing and in calculation.