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paronymic attraction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
paronymic at-trac-tion
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phenomenon of similar-sounding native words (paronyms) affecting the development of loan words.

Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

folk etymology Hobson-Jobson phono-semantic matching

Frequently Paired Words

mishearing eggcorn folk etymology reanalysis rebracketing catachresis malapropism misconstruction

Questions

What does paronymic attraction mean?
The phenomenon of similar-sounding native words (paronyms) affecting the development of loan words.

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