To Lead Astray
To Perplex
transitive verb, godan verb
The word 迷う means "to go astray" but this word is to lead astray. You are doing the astraying to someone or something else. You know this because the other person was (わす) just fine until you came along to lead them astray.
The reading comes from 迷う, so use that so you aren't lead astray too.
ごめん、迷わすつもりじゃなかったんだけど…。
Sorry, I didn't mean to lead you astray…
相手を迷わすような発言はしないようにすべきだ。
You should avoid saying things that mislead others.
人々を迷わすために、あえて間違った看板が立てられているんだよ。
They deliberately put up false signs to lead people astray.
もし俺の娘を路頭に迷わすようなことがあったら、一生許さないぞ。
If you lead my daughter astray, I'll never forgive you.