Speakur

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paronymy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
paronymy
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being paronymous.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The use of paronyms.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From para- + -onymy.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

paronymies (plural)

Questions

What does paronymy mean?
The quality of being paronymous.
Where does paronymy come from?
From para- + -onymy.

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