Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

miscategorize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-cat-e-go-rize
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To categorize incorrectly.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English categorize English miscategorize From mis- + categorize.

Inflected Forms

miscategorizes (present, singular) miscategorizing (participle, present) miscategorized (participle, past) miscategorized (past)

Synonyms

misclassify

Questions

What does miscategorize mean?: To categorize incorrectly.
Where does miscategorize come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English categorize English miscategorize From mis- + categorize.

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