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What is another word for mispronunciations?

Pronunciation: [mɪspɹənˌʌnsɪˈe͡ɪʃənz] (IPA)

Mispronunciations can be frustrating and embarrassing, but luckily, there are many alternative words to describe them. One such synonym is "misarticulations," which refers to incorrect pronunciation of sounds. Another option is "mispronouncements," which refers to mistakes in the way words are pronounced as a whole. Other possible synonyms for mispronunciations include "mispellings," "slips of the tongue," "verbal faux pas," and "pronunciation errors." Regardless of the term used, it is important to remember that everyone makes mistakes when speaking, and focusing on improvement rather than perfection is key to becoming a better communicator.
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What are the hypernyms for Mispronunciations?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    speech error, articulation error, pronunciation error.

Usage examples for Mispronunciations

The likelihood that the joke will pall after a month or so, and is probably not apparent at any time to born Rossculleners, or that he himself unconsciously entertains Aunt Judy by his fantastic English personality and English mispronunciations, does not occur to him for a moment.
"John Bull's Other Island"
George Bernard Shaw
He asked me to supper with his mess-"of staff attatchays," he said, winking one eye and hitching his mouth; at which the Major laughed with kind disapprobation, and the jocose sergeant explained as we went that that was only one of Scott Gholson's mispronunciations the boys were trying to tease him out of.
"The Cavalier"
George Washington Cable
Sometimes one is tempted to look on dialect as expressing simply the pathos of provincialisms, but there is more in it than mere mispronunciations.
"Reviews"
Oscar Wilde

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