Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misconviction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-con-vic-tion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The erroneous conviction of a person who is not guilty of the crime of which they are convicted.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From mis- + conviction.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Usage

Inflected Forms

misconvictions (plural)

Questions

What does misconviction mean?: The erroneous conviction of a person who is not guilty of the crime of which they are convicted.
Where does misconviction come from?: From mis- + conviction.

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