Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misguidance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: mis-guid-ance
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They are the ones who trade guidance for misguidance. But this trade is profitless, and they are not ˹rightly˺ guided."

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 guidance English misguidance From mis- + guidance.

Usage

Inflected Forms

misguidances (plural)

Questions

What does misguidance mean?: Bad guidance.
Where does misguidance 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 guidance English misguidance From mis- + guidance.

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