Interpret falsely.

Interpret wrongly.

synonym: misread.

Interpret in the wrong way:
— Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism.

synonyms: be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misunderstand.

Roget 523: misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply; mistake etc. 495.    misrepresent, pervert; explain wrongly, misstate; garble etc. (falsify) 544; distort, detort^†; travesty, play upon words; stretch the sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning, strain the meaning, wrest the sense, wrest the meaning; explain away; put a bad construction on, put a false construction on; give a false coloring.    be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes.    ... show more

Dutch: misvatten, misverstaan