mispronounced
Verbally botched it
Mispronounced means pronounced incorrectly—saying a word in a way that differs from its accepted or standard pronunciation: She mispronounced "quinoa" for years before someone corrected her.
The past tense and past participle of mispronounce, it often appears when someone has been saying a word wrong without realizing it, typically because they learned it from reading rather than hearing.
Clumsy error
- gaffeClumsy social error
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- botchSpoil through incompetence
- fumbleHandle with clumsy fingers
stumble · bungle · mangle · garble · blooper · slip · lapse · misstep
Regional language variety
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- inflectionWord form alteration
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
pitch · foreign · regional · native · non-native · anglicize · vernacular · brogue
Formal speaking skill
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- dictionChoice of words
- articulationClear vocal expression
- coachingGuiding others to improve
drilling · repetition · modeling · feedback · remediation · therapy · practice · improvement
flub
Clumsy error
fumble · stumble · bungle · mangle · garble · blooper · slip · lapse · misstep · malapropism
dialect
Regional language variety
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- inflectionWord form alteration
stress · pitch · foreign · regional · native · non-native · anglicize · vernacular · brogue · lilt
elocution
Formal speaking skill
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
- dictionChoice of words
- articulationClear vocal expression
coaching · drilling · repetition · modeling · feedback · remediation · therapy · practice · improvement · refinement
phonics
Sound-based reading instruction
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- ESLLanguage instruction abbreviation
acquisition · fluency · literacy · spelling · orthography · syllable · vowel · consonant · digraph · schwa