misrender

verb

mis·​ren·​der ˌmis-ˈren-dər 

misrendered; misrendering

transitive verb

: to render (something) incorrectly

I knew I was an unskilled writer and feared lest a slip of the pen damage one of these people, the congregation, or misrender the truth entrusted to me.

—David C. Fisher

Greyfriars is haunted by the restless souls of hundreds of Covenanters and their famous nemesis, Bluidy Mackenzie (misrendered here as Bloody McKenzie, tut tut).

—Tom Kyle

Word History

First Known Use

1674, in the meaning defined above