malapropism

11 letters · noun · scores 3,400 in SpellHuntr

noun

the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

Malapropism in a sentence

The script employed malapropism to great effect.

The translator matched every malapropism in the original with one from his own language.

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