Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misparse

/mɪsˈpɑː(ɹ)s/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-parse
IPA: /mɪsˈpɑː(ɹ)s/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To parse incorrectly.

noun

An instance of incorrect parsing; a misparsing.

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 parse English misparse From mis- + parse.

Inflected Forms

misparses (present, singular) misparsing (participle, present) misparsed (participle, past) misparsed (past) misparses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mislexicalize mistokenize

Questions

How do you pronounce misparse?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪsˈpɑː(ɹ)s/.
What does misparse mean?: To parse incorrectly.
Where does misparse 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 parse English misparse From mis- + parse.

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