Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misleading

/(ˌ)mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: mis-lead-ing
IPA: /(ˌ)mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.

verb

present participle and gerund of mislead

noun

A deception that misleads.

Example Sentences

"The problem does not appear so hopeless when misleading metaphor is discarded."
"According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies."

Etymology

From mislead + -ing.

Inflected Forms

more misleading (comparative) most misleading (superlative) misleadings (plural)

Derived Forms

disleading misleadingly misleadingness unmisleading

Synonyms

confusing misdirective mistakable disinformation false pretense fakeout head fake misinformation ploy ruse

Antonyms

clear unconfusing unmisleading

Rhymes With

reading leading feeding bleeding breeding needing preceding speeding proceeding succeeding exceeding pleading

Questions

How do you pronounce misleading?: The recorded pronunciation is /(ˌ)mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/.
What does misleading mean?: Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
Where does misleading come from?: From mislead + -ing.

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