Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misguess

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-guess
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To guess incorrectly

Example Sentences

"Sanborn had not come this far to misguess now."

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 guess English misguess From mis- + guess.

Inflected Forms

misguesses (present, singular) misguessing (participle, present) misguessed (participle, past) misguessed (past)

Questions

What does misguess mean?: To guess incorrectly
Where does misguess 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 guess English misguess From mis- + guess.

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