mispronunciation
- a word derived from mispronounce.
Example Sentences
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“I told them that’s a mispronunciation, but I don’t object to it because the word takai in Japanese means ‘expensive,’” the actor and advocate says during a recent Zoom call from Boston.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
For starters, outsiders call it “Appal-AY-sha,” a mispronunciation that hurts our ears.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
Biden displayed unusual agility in his responses, although he had some of his customary problems with mispronunciation and slightly slurred speech.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2023
Because it was the mispronunciation of that surname that would inspire the nickname of the great tap-dancing Richmond native Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2023
Don’t say huh-MODJ-uh-nus, a mispronunciation no doubt influenced by the word homogenized or the less familiar homogenous.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
