| 1 | 错误 | 錯誤 | cuò wù | cuo4 wu4 | error; mistake; Classifiers: 个 ; mistaken; false; wrong | | |
| 2 | 不错 | 不錯 | bù cuò | bu4 cuo4 | correct; right; not bad; pretty good | | |
| 3 | 错 | 錯 | cuò | Cuo4 | mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver; surname Cuo | | |
| 4 | 交错 | 交錯 | jiāo cuò | jiao1 cuo4 | to crisscross; to intertwine | | |
| 5 | 差错 | 差錯 | chā cuò | cha1 cuo4 | mistake; slip-up; fault; error (in data transmission); accident; mishap | | |
| 6 | 错综复杂 | 錯綜複雜 | cuò zōng fù zá | cuo4 zong1 fu4 za2 | tangled and complicated (idiom) | | |
| 7 | 错觉 | 錯覺 | cuò jué | cuo4 jue2 | misconception; illusion; misperception | | |
| 8 | 错过 | 錯過 | cuò guò | cuo4 guo4 | to miss (train, opportunity etc) | | |
| 9 | 错票 | 錯票 | cuò piào | cuo4 piao4 | error note (i.e. misprinted banknote) | | |
| 10 | 错时 | 錯時 | cuò shí | cuo4 shi2 | to stagger (holidays, working hours etc) | | |
| 11 | 会错意 | 會錯意 | huì cuò yì | hui4 cuo4 yi4 | to misunderstand; to get the wrong idea | | |
| 12 | 程错 | 程錯 | chéng cuò | cheng2 cuo4 | (computing) glitch; bug | | |
| 13 | 做错 | 做錯 | zuò cuò | zuo4 cuo4 | to make an error | | |
| 14 | 错读 | 錯讀 | cuò dú | cuo4 du2 | to mispronounce | | |
| 15 | 错别字 | 錯別字 | cuò bié zì | cuo4 bie2 zi4 | incorrectly written or mispronounced characters | | |
| 16 | 错怪 | 錯怪 | cuò guài | cuo4 guai4 | to blame sb wrongly | | |
| 17 | 错角 | 錯角 | cuò jiǎo | cuo4 jiao3 | alternate angles (where one line meets two parallel lines) | | |
| 18 | 错动 | 錯動 | cuò dòng | cuo4 dong4 | to move relative to one another | | |
| 19 | 错处 | 錯處 | cuò chu | cuo4 chu5 | fault | | |
| 20 | 错案 | 錯案 | cuò àn | cuo4 an4 | a misjudged legal case; a miscarriage (of justice) | | |
| 21 | 错爱 | 錯愛 | cuò ài | cuo4 ai4 | misplaced kindness; humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses. | | |
| 22 | 璀错 | 璀錯 | cuǐ cuò | cui3 cuo4 | many and varied | | |
| 23 | 出错 | 出錯 | chū cuò | chu1 cuo4 | to make a mistake; error | | |
| 24 | 承蒙错爱 | 承蒙錯愛 | chéng méng cuò ài | cheng2 meng2 cuo4 ai4 | I have received your unmerited affection (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 参伍错综 | 參伍錯綜 | cēn wǔ cuò zōng | cen1 wu3 cuo4 zong1 | to be completely intermingled (idiom) | | |