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Malaprop

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
malapropism
plural
Malaprops
possessive
Malaprop's
pluralpossessive
Malaprops'