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mispronounce

UK/ˌmɪspɹəˈnaʊns/

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Australia/ˌmɪspɹəˈnæɔns/

mispronounce verb: to pronounce (a word, phrase, etc.) incorrectly.

Verb

mispronounce (third-person singular simple present mispronounces, present participle mispronouncing, simple past and past participle mispronounced)

  1. (transitive) To pronounce (a word, phrase, etc.) incorrectly.

mispronounce meaning in Urdu

mispronounce in Urdu

غلط تلفظ کرنا

Examples of mispronounce in a sentence

  • “Yallo.” There was a small cough, then the voice repeated the mispronounced greeting.
  • He questioned whether people would call her Yolanda or mispronounce the name.
  • A question from, probably mispronouncing it, Gemma.

All 10 example sentences with mispronounce

Forms of mispronounce

third-person singular presentmispronounces
present participlemispronouncing
past participlemispronounced
pastmispronounced

Origin of mispronounce

From mis- + pronounce.

Words formed from mispronounce

Words that rhyme with mispronounce

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Questions about mispronounce

What does mispronounce mean?
Mispronounce means to pronounce (a word, phrase, etc.) incorrectly.
What is mispronounce in Urdu?
Mispronounce in Urdu is غلط تلفظ کرنا. See Mispronounce meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is mispronounce?
Mispronounce is a verb.
How do you pronounce mispronounce?
Mispronounce is pronounced /ˌmɪspɹəˈnaʊns/ (UK).
What is the past tense of mispronounce?
The past tense of mispronounce is mispronounced.

Words near mispronounce in the dictionary

  1. mispromotes
  2. mispromoting
  3. mispromotion
  4. mispromotions
  5. mispronoun
  6. mispronounce
  7. mispronounced
  8. mispronouncement
  9. mispronouncements
  10. mispronouncer
  11. mispronouncers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mispronounce (page history and authors); mispronounce (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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