mistranscribe

verb

mis·​tran·​scribe ˌmis-tran(t)-ˈskrīb 

mistranscribed; mistranscribing

transitive verb

: to make a mistake in transcription : to transcribe (something) incorrectly

mistranscribed "may" as "many"

Mr. Rose said he had identified a number of errors that had crept into the text when Joyce sloppily mistranscribed his own work.

—Sarah Lyall

Word History

First Known Use

1811, in the meaning defined above