Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyper-correct

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables
hy-per---cor-rect
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of hypercorrect.

Inflected Forms

more hyper-correct (comparative) most hyper-correct (superlative)

Phrases

hyper-correctism hyper-correctness

Questions

What does hyper-correct mean?
Alternative form of hypercorrect.

How to pronounce hyper-correct

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