Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misleader

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-lead-er
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who leads into error.

Etymology

From Middle English misledere, equivalent to mislead + -er. Compare Dutch misleider (“misleader, deceiver”), Swedish missledare.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: misledere

Inflected Forms

misleaders (plural)

Questions

What does misleader mean?: One who leads into error.
Where does misleader come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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