misconstruction vs muddle

misconstruction

noun
  • A misconstrual or misinterpretation. 

  • A mistaken or faulty construction. 

  • A misunderstanding or misinterpretation resulting from the use of the wrong meaning of a word that has multiple meanings. 

  • An ungrammatical phrase. 

muddle

noun
  • A mixture; a confusion; a garble. 

  • A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler. 

verb
  • To dabble in mud. 

  • To mash slightly for use in a cocktail. 

  • To think and act in a confused, aimless way. 

  • To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially. 

  • To mix together, to mix up; to confuse. 

  • To make turbid or muddy. 

  • To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated. 

How often have the words misconstruction and muddle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )