Meanings
nounmispronunciation (countable and uncountable, plural mispronunciations)
plural mispronunciations
- uncountableThe act of mispronouncing.
She found the constant mispronunciation of her name very annoying.
- countableA mispronounced word or phrase.
His speech was full of mispronunciations.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Germanic*missaz
- Proto-Germanic*missa-
- Proto-West Germanic*missa-
- Old Englishmis-
- Middle Englishmys-
- Englishmis-
- Englishpronunciation
- Englishmispronunciation
From mis- + pronunciation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French mauvaise prononciation, faute f de prononciation
- mauvaise prononciationact of mispronouncing
- faute f de prononciationmispronounced word or phrase
German falsche Aussprache, fehlerhafte Aussprache
- falsche Ausspracheact of mispronouncing
- fehlerhafte Ausspracheact of mispronouncing
- Aussprachefehlermispronounced word or phrase
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mispronunciation
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
mispronunciation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispronunciation
MLA
“mispronunciation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispronunciation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mispronunciation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mispronunciation.
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