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misspoken

misspoken is the past participle of misspeak.

Meaning of misspeak

Verb

misspeak (third-person singular simple present misspeaks, present participle misspeaking, simple past misspoke, past participle misspoken)

  1. (US, ambitransitive) To fail to pronounce, utter, or speak correctly.
    • Either I misspoke or you misheard.
    Synonyms:
    mistalk
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To speak insultingly or disrespectfully.

Questions about misspoken

What is misspoken the past participle of?
Misspoken is the past participle of misspeak.

Words near misspoken in the dictionary

  1. missplicing
  2. missplit
  3. missplits
  4. missplitting
  5. misspoke
  6. misspoken
  7. misspool
  8. misspooled
  9. misspooling
  10. misspools
  11. misspot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misspoken (page history and authors); misspeak (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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