misscan

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ scan.

Verb

misscan (third-person singular simple present misscans, present participle misscanning, simple past and past participle misscanned)

  1. (chiefly poetry) To scan incorrectly.

Noun

misscan (plural misscans)

  1. Something scanned incorrectly, such as erroneous text in an electronically scanned document.