100 Ways to Say “My mistake”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	Actually, I was wrong	I was incorrect.
2.	All on me.	I’m fully responsible.
3.	Allow me to correct that.	Let me fix what I said.
4.	Apologies—my fault.	I’m at fault.
5.	Apologies, I erred.	I made an error.
6.	Apologies, that’s on me.	I’m responsible for it.
7.	Bad call on my part.	I made a poor decision.
8.	Blame me.	I’m the one responsible.
9.	Call that my error.	Consider that my mistake.
10.	Correction: I was wrong	I was incorrect.
11.	Count that as my fault.	Treat it as my responsibility.
12.	Darn it, I was wrong.	I made an error.
13.	Easy—my fault.	No worries; I’m responsible.
14.	Entirely my fault.	I’m completely responsible.
15.	Error on my part.	I’m the one who erred.
16.	Excuse me, I was wrong.	Sorry; I made an error.
17.	Fault’s mine	I am responsible.
18.	I accept responsibility	I accept responsibility.
19.	I accept the blame	I accept responsibility.
20.	I apologize	I am sorry.
21.	I assumed wrong	I assumed incorrectly.
22.	I blew it	I failed badly.
23.	I botched it	I did it badly.
24.	I bungled it	I handled it poorly.
25.	I chose my words poorly	I spoke poorly.
26.	I didn’t mean it that way	I expressed it poorly.
27.	I dropped the ball	I failed my responsibility.
28.	I flubbed it	I did it poorly.
29.	I goofed	I made a silly error.
30.	I got it mixed up	I confused things.
31.	I got that wrong	I was incorrect.
32.	I guessed wrong	I guessed incorrectly.
33.	I had it wrong	I was incorrect.
34.	I had that wrong	I was incorrect.
35.	I had the wrong idea	I misunderstood.
36.	I heard that wrong	I heard incorrectly.
37.	I jumped the gun	I acted too soon.
38.	I made a mistake	I made an error.
39.	I messed up	I made an error.
40.	I miscalculated	I calculated incorrectly.
41.	I miscommunicated	I communicated poorly.
42.	I misheard you	I heard incorrectly.
43.	I misinterpreted	I interpreted incorrectly.
44.	I misjudged that	I judged incorrectly.
45.	I misread that	I read it incorrectly.
46.	I misremembered	I remembered incorrectly.
47.	I missed that	I failed to notice.
48.	I missed the mark	I was off target.
49.	I misspoke	I said it incorrectly.
50.	I misunderstood	I understood incorrectly.
51.	I overlooked that	I missed noticing it.
52.	I own that	I accept responsibility.
53.	I phrased that badly	I said it poorly.
54.	I read that wrong	I read it incorrectly.
55.	I said that wrong	I said it incorrectly.
56.	I screwed up	I made an error.
57.	I slipped up	I made an error.
58.	I spoke too soon	I acted prematurely.
59.	I stand corrected	I accept the correction.
60.	I take that back	I retract what I said.
61.	I take the blame	I accept responsibility.
62.	I was mistaken there	I was incorrect.
63.	I was off base	I was incorrect.
64.	I was wrong	I was incorrect.
65.	I’ll take responsibility	I accept responsibility.
66.	I’m in the wrong	I was incorrect.
67.	I’m incorrect	I was wrong.
68.	I’m mistaken	I was incorrect.
69.	I’m sorry	I am sorry.
70.	Kicking myself for that.	I regret my mistake.
71.	Let me amend that	I will adjust my statement.
72.	Let me correct that	I will fix my statement.
73.	Let me rephrase that	I will say it differently.
74.	My apologies	I am sorry.
75.	My bad	I made an error.
76.	My error	I made an error.
77.	My fault	I am responsible.
78.	My oversight	I missed something.
79.	Oops—my fault.	I’m responsible for that.
80.	Sorry about that	I am sorry.
81.	Sorry, I goofed	I made an error.
82.	Sorry, I messed up	I made an error.
83.	Sorry, I slipped up	I made an error.
84.	Sorry, my bad	I made an error.
85.	That came out wrong	I expressed it poorly.
86.	That one’s on me	I am responsible.
87.	That was a mistake	That was an error.
88.	That was my error	I made that error.
89.	That was poorly put	I expressed it poorly.
90.	That’s my fault	I am responsible.
91.	That’s my slip-up	I made an error.
92.	That’s on me	I am responsible.
93.	The error is mine	I made the error.
94.	The fault is mine	I am responsible.
95.	The mistake is mine	I made the error.
96.	Unforced error on my part.	A needless mistake I made.
97.	Unintentional on my part.	I didn’t mean to do that.
98.	Unwise of me.	That was poor judgment by me.
99.	Utterly my fault.	Completely my responsibility.
100.	You’re right; I’m wrong	I was incorrect.