Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misnamed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: mis-named
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of misname

adj

Named with a misleading or otherwise poorly suited name, whether poorly chosen or unfortunately evolved.

Inflected Forms

more misnamed (comparative) most misnamed (superlative)

Questions

What does misnamed mean?: simple past and past participle of misname

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