to put things in the wrong order

It was suggested that some children misorder compound nouns because they do not appreciate the semantic relationship between the parts. 有人认为，一些儿童弄错复合名词的顺序是因为他们不了解各部分之间的语义关系。

Poor punctuation can affect the meaning of a sentence as significantly as mis-ordered words.

to make a mistake when asking for something to be made, supplied, or delivered

It sounded as if he had misordered the takeaway food. 听起来好像是他点错了外卖。