Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misclassify

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: mis-clas-si-fy
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To classify 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 classify English misclassify From mis- + classify.

Inflected Forms

misclassifies (present, singular) misclassifying (participle, present) misclassified (participle, past) misclassified (past)

Derived Forms

misclassifier

Synonyms

miscategorize

Questions

What does misclassify mean?: To classify incorrectly.
Where does misclassify 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 classify English misclassify From mis- + classify.

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