pronunciation error
Saying it wrong
A pronunciation error is saying a word in a way that differs from its accepted spoken form—mispronouncing it.
This might mean stressing the wrong syllable, substituting sounds, or misreading unfamiliar words: Her pronunciation error with "nuclear" made the audience wince.
The term appears in language learning and speech pathology contexts.
- slip of the tongueUnintended verbal error
- accentRegional speech pattern
- lispSibilant pronunciation difficulty
- stutterInvoluntary speech repetition
- slurInsulting group label
tongue-twister · tongue tied · garbled · mumble · articulation · speech · speech impediment · dialect · foreign · broken English · lost in translation · stumble · mangled · butchered · syllable · phonetic · vowel · consonant
- dictionary errorsmisspelling, typo, circular definition, false etymology
- speech errorsslip of the tongue, malapropism, malapropisms, spoonerism, spoonerisms
pronunciation errorclear articulation
Distinct, intelligible speech
pronunciation errorspelling error
spelling mistake · typo · misspelling · grammatical error · punctuation error
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