lead astray vs mislead

lead astray

verb
  • To misguide or misdirect. 

  • To influence (someone) to have bad habits or to behave improperly or illegally 

  • To cause (someone) to believe an untruth. 

mislead

verb
  • To lead astray, in a false direction. 

  • To deceptively trick into something wrong. 

  • To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression. 

  • To accidentally or intentionally confuse. 

noun
  • That which is deceptive or untruthful (e.g. a falsehood, deception, untruth, or ruse). 

  • A wrong or bad lead; a leading in the wrong direction. 

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