Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mispronoun

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-pro-noun
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To refer to (someone) using third-person pronouns other than their preferred gender pronouns, either unknowingly or intentionally.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"At times, people mispronoun us, calling us by incorrect pronouns, or misgender us, assuming incorrect genders. Mispronouning and misgendering can be intentional or unintentional."
"If Victoria doesn't feel that she can sufficiently trust Susan to help her out when James, for example, mispronouns her, then Victoria may simply cease to eat lunch with her colleagues."
"When trans people are forced to correct others after being mispronouned, they are reminding those they correct that their assumptions regarding both the individual in question and the larger system of gender are wrong."

Etymology

From mis- + pronoun.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

mispronouns (present, singular) mispronouning (participle, present) mispronouned (participle, past) mispronouned (past)

Frequently Paired Words

misgender

Questions

What does mispronoun mean?: To refer to (someone) using third-person pronouns other than their preferred gender pronouns, either unknowingly or intentionally.
Where does mispronoun come from?: From mis- + pronoun.

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