The bug
Some sound events are reused for multiple entities/situations, causing the subtitle to be incorrect. There are also a few sounds that have distinct events, but use subtitles that don't make sense in the given situation.
Incorrect subtitles caused by reusing sound events
Undead mobs burning (shows "Fire extinguishes"
minecraft:block.fire.extinguish
)Getting warmed by lava after being inside powder snow (shows "Fire extinguishes")
Sheep grazing (shows "Block broken")
Mooshroom moos/hurts/dies/gets milked (shows "Cow moos/hurts/dies/gets milked")
Cave Spider hisses/hurts/dies (shows "Spider hisses/hurts/dies")
Silverfish drills out? (shows "Block broken")
Stray, Wither Skeleton or Bogged shoots (shows "Skeleton shoots")
Illusioner shooting arrow (shows "Skeleton shoots")
Magma cubes attacking player (
entity.slime.attack
: "Slime attacks")Dispenser firing snowball or egg (shows "Dispensed item")
Dispenser firing splash potion/lingering potion/experience bottle (Shows "Dispensed item")
Dispenser firing arrow/spectral arrow/tipped arrow (Shows "Dispensed item")
Dispenser firing Fire Charge (shows "Blaze shoots")
Dropper failed (shows "Dispenser failed"
subtitles.block.dispenser.fail
)Dropper dropped item (shows "Dispensed item"
subtitles.block.dispenser.dispense
)Ocelot meows/hurts/dies (shows "Cat meows/hurts/dies")
Eye of Ender breaks or falls (always shows as "Eye of Ender falls")
Container locked (always shows "Chest locked")
Baby Turtle swims (shows "Turtle swims")
Elder Guardian shoots (shows "Guardian shoots")
Charged Creeper hurts/dies/hisses (shows "Creeper hurts/dies/hisses")
Snow Golem shoots (shows "Snowball flies")
Trader Llama bleats/bleats angrily/Chest equips/dies/eats/hurts/spits/is decorated (shows "Llama bleats/bleats angrily/Chest equips/dies/eats/hurts/spits/is decorated")
Use of Water Bucket in nether (shows "Fire extinguishes"
minecraft:block.fire.extinguish
)Non-ironmongery Trapdoor opens/closes (shows "Trapdoor creaks")
Iron Trapdoor opens/closes (shows "Trapdoor opens/closes")
Iron Door opens/closes (shows "Door creaks")
Non-ironmongery Door opens/closes (shows "Door creaks")
Fence Gate opens/closes (shows "Fence Gate creaks")
Skeleton Horse or Zombie Horse gallops/jumps (shows "Horse gallops/jumps")
Donkey or Mule gallops (shows "Footsteps")
Husk, Drowned or Zombie Villager infects (shows "Zombie infects")
Ominous Item Spawner spawning Fire Charge (shows "Blaze shoots")
Has been fixed as of date
Wet sponge or water drying in Nether (shows "Fire extinguishes"minecraft:block.fire.extinguish
)(Fixed)Donkey or Mule eats (shows "Horse eats")(Fixed)Donkey or Mule jumps (shows "Horse jumps")(Fixed)Mule neighs (shows "Donkey neighs")(Fixed)Removing/Placing a Book in a Chiseled Bookshelf (shows "block placed")(Fixed in 22w45a)Sponge soaking up water (shows "Block broken")(Fixed in 23w31a)Piglins/Hoglins zombifying in the End/Overworld (shows "Piglin/Hoglin retreats")(Fixed, last checked version is 1.21)
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Can confirm.

I just found that mooshroom subtitles say "Cow".

Dispenser firing Fire Charge states Blaze Shoots in 1.9 Full Release

Zombie is breaking down a door ("Block broken").

@unknown that one is most likely intended, any block that is being broken displays "Block Breaking"/"Block Broken"

On closer inspection, wooden logs, wooden planks, signs, fences, chests, workbenches and doors all display "Block broken" while breaking instead of "Block breaking".

When using a chorus fruit in subtitles you see
Player teleports
Burp
Gear equipped
First two are correct
Confirmed for 16w15a and 16w15b
Confirm for 1.9.3 pre-2
Confirmed for 1.9.4
Confirmed for 16w20a

Please split this report in the following reports because the reasons why the wrong subtitles appear are pretty different.
Wooden Pressure plates unclicking (Shows "Button clicks") → MC-106296
Putting chest on Mule (Shows "Donkey Chest equips") → Probably missing distinction
Dropper failed (Shows "Dispenser failed" subtitles.block.dispenser.fail) → Probably missing distinction
Dropper dropped item (Shows "Dispensed item" subtitles.block.dispenser.dispense) → Probably missing distinction
Donkey eats (Shows "Horse eats") → Probably missing distinction
Mule eats (Shows "Horse eats") → Probably missing distinction
Horse armor unequips (Shows "Horse armor equips") → MC-106298
Mooshrooms are called cows → Probably missing distinction
Dispenser firing Fire Charge (shows "Blaze Shoots") →
net.minecraft.init.Bootstrap.registerDispenserBehaviors().new BehaviorDefaultDispenseItem() {...}.playDispenseSound(IBlockSource)
(MCP 9.30 name) plays for fireballs the sound event 1018 which is a blaze shooting a fireballwooden logs, wooden planks, signs, fences, chests, workbenches and doors all display "Block broken" while breaking instead of "Block breaking" → MC-106296
"Gear equipped" subtitle shows up when player drinks, eats, or places boats (the last one in multiplayer) additionally to the correct subtitle. → MC-97507

Now shows "Mule Chest equips" in 16w41a. Please update.

Confirmed in 16w43a

Confirmed in 16w44a

Confirmed in 1.11-pre1

Confirmed in 1.11
Confirmed for 17w13b

Affects 17w14a & 17w15a
Addition:
Snowball thrown (Shows "Snowball flies")

Affects 17w17a.
Additions:
Placing/breaking armor stands show as "Block placed" or "block broken"
Falling armor stand shows as "Something fell"
Throwing eggs show as "Egg flies"

Affects 17w17b.
Additions:
Eye of Ender thrown (Shows "Eye of Ender shoots")
Ender Pearl thrown (Shows "Ender Pearl flies")

Affects 1.12-pre2; magma cubes attacking the player uses sound entity.slime.attack
and shows "Slime attacks".

Confirmed for 1.12-pre6

Confirmed for 1.13.2-pre2

Certain cat and enderman sounds use identical subtitles to other sounds they make in a way that seems incorrect, as I've found while reformatting how the wiki documents sounds.
Also are iron trapdoors counted here?

Affects 1.14.4 and 1.15-pre1.
Relates to MC-93813.
Maybe include "Sound" as a category?
Add the following:
Snowball thrown (Shows "Snowball flies")
Throwing eggs show as "Egg flies"
Eye of Ender thrown (Shows "Eye of Ender shoots")
Ender Pearl thrown (Shows "Ender Pearl flies")
Remove
Putting chest on Mule (Shows "Donkey Chest equips") → Probably missing distinction (fixed in 16w41a according to Roy Sajima. Also fixed in 1.14.4 and 1.15-pre1)

@unknown, could you describe more about the sounds you are talking about, including that of the iron trapdoors?

@@unknown, for the sound events you listed it appears they are only played when the respective item is used. So there is no missing distinction, but rather possibly an incorrect subtitle. If you think this is an issue, please create a separate report.

Confirmed for 1.15.1. Even the new drying sponge uses ''Fire extinguishes'' instead of its own.
Add
Respawn Anchor, bed, creeper, tnt and end crystal explosions (Shows "Explosion")

No, "Explosion" is not wrong.

Confirmed for 1.16.1 and 20w27a, some sounds that are listed in this bug report seem to be fixed though.

In 20w29a
Hi there!
"Chest locks" is also affected because shulker boxes and barrels that are locked have the same subtitle.

Donkey Jump is also affected it says Horse Jumps

Can this ticket be split up?

the 'Mooshroom gets milked for mushroom stew (shows "Gear equipped")' was fixed in 20w45a (see MC-185360)

Can confirm for 20w46a

As someone who always uses subtitles, I don't really find this as an issue. There is no way to determine a lot of these sounds (e.g. cavespider vs. regular spider) without subtitles, so I don't really think it's that necessary unless they were to add a separate sound for cave spiders (unless maybe they put it up a half-octave like how baby zombies are higher pitched). Then again, it's not really my decision. XD
Can confirm in 21w03a.
Can confirm in 21w05b.
Can confirm in 21w06a.
Can confirm in 21w07a.
Can confirm in 21w11a.
Can confirm in 21w17a.


Can confirm in 1.17.1 Pre-release 2. Also affects players getting warmed by lava after being inside powder snow.

can confirm for the illusioner, stray, and the partially coded
/summon wither_skeleton ~ ~1 ~ {HandItems:[{Count:1,id:bow},{}]}
archer variant of the wither skeleton (command for spawning)

Can confirm in 21w39a.

Can confirm in 21w40a.

Can confirm in 21w44a.
Can confirm in 1.18.
Can confirm in 1.18.1.
Can confirm in 1.18.2.

Relates to MC-129546
Can confirm in 1.19.1.
Can confirm in 1.19.2.

Chiseled bookshelves were fixed in 22w45a.

Placing a wet sponge in the nether shows "Fire extinguished", not "Fire extinguishes".
Similar to "Turtle swims", "Turtle breaths" has the same issue.

Also Husk/Drowned/Zombie Villager infects, which shows up as "Zombie infects."

Considering Cave Spider and Spider noises are indistinguishable wouldn't that give subtitles a clear advantage, when in normal gameplay you have to guess which type it is, or it might not even occur to players that it could be a Cave Spider

Sponge drying in Nether and donkeys/mules jumping was fixed in 24w09a

24w33a says that piglins/hoglins zombifying says "Piglin/Hoglin retreats". (you might have to scroll to see). This is 24w33a, you can tell by the redstone torch if you're wondering.
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