Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misnaming

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
mis-nam-ing
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of calling something by its wrong name

verb

present participle and gerund of misname

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does misnaming mean?
The act of calling something by its wrong name

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