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Malapropism

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: malaprop
plural: Malapropisms
possessive: Malapropism's
pluralpossessive: Malapropisms'

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