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mispronunciation

Syllables: mis·pro·nun·ci·a·tion/mɪspɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

mispronunciation noun: the act of mispronouncing.

Noun

mispronunciation (countable and uncountable, plural mispronunciations)

  1. (uncountable) The act of mispronouncing.
    • She found the constant mispronunciation of her name very annoying.
  2. (countable) A mispronounced word or phrase.
    • His speech was full of mispronunciations.

mispronunciation meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

mispronunciation in Malayalam

തെറ്റായ ഉച്ചാരണം

mispronunciation in Kannada

ಅವಾಕ್ಷರ

Forms of mispronunciation

pluralmispronunciations

Origin of mispronunciation

From mis- + pronunciation.

Words that rhyme with mispronunciation

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Questions about mispronunciation

What does mispronunciation mean?
Mispronunciation means the act of mispronouncing.
What is mispronunciation in Malayalam?
Mispronunciation in Malayalam is തെറ്റായ ഉച്ചാരണം. See Mispronunciation meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is mispronunciation?
Mispronunciation is a noun.
How do you pronounce mispronunciation?
Mispronunciation is pronounced /mɪspɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/.
What is the plural of mispronunciation?
The plural of mispronunciation is mispronunciations.

Words near mispronunciation in the dictionary

  1. mispronouncing
  2. mispronouncings
  3. mispronouned
  4. mispronouning
  5. mispronouns
  6. mispronunciation
  7. mispronunciations
  8. misproof
  9. misproofs
  10. misproportion
  11. misproportionate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mispronunciation (page history and authors); mispronunciation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mispronunciation (Kannada 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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