0 to call the wrong phone number by mistake:
People sometimes misdial and get through to our house instead of the restaurant.
Did you misdial the number?
1 an occasion when someone calls the wrong phone number by mistake:
It all happened because of a misdial.
The phone company gives you credit if you misdial a number.
The fact is that as well as those who simply do not require the emergency services or those who simply misdial, there are large numbers of hoax calls.
In some cases, commercial rivals have engaged in wilful typosquatting to profit from misdial traffic.
