Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mispay

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mis-pay
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pay incorrectly, or to the wrong person.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From mis- + pay. Compare apay.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

mispays (present, singular) mispaying (participle, present) mispaid (participle, past) mispaid (past)

Frequently Paired Words

mispayment

Questions

What does mispay mean?
To pay incorrectly, or to the wrong person.
Where does mispay come from?
From mis- + pay. Compare apay.

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