Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misterm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-term
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To call by a wrong name; to misname or give a misnomer

Etymology

From mis- + term.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misterms (present, singular) misterming (participle, present) mistermed (participle, past) mistermed (past)

Questions

What does misterm mean?: To call by a wrong name; to misname or give a misnomer
Where does misterm come from?: From mis- + term.

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