Misidentify (verb)

To identify (someone or something) incorrectly or mistakenly.

Origin:

Late 16th century (originally in the sense "identify wrongly"): from mis- + identify.

Examples:

1. The police officers misidentified the suspect.
2. The witnesses misidentified the thief.
3. I'm sorry, I misidentified the bird I saw earlier as a sparrow, but it was a finch.
4. The student misidentified the capital of France as London.
5. She was misidentified as the thief due to a case of mistaken identity.