How to Use mispronunciation in a Sentence

mispronunciation

noun

• This isn’t the first time a game show has crushed a man’s dreams over a mispronunciation.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 10 Apr. 2018
• Turns out the mispronunciation wasn’t the only thing to come out of the Q&A either.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2022
• Fathizadeh took the mispronunciation of his last name in stride.
  — Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2017
• But the mispronunciations that bug me the most aren’t uttered by any human.
  — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 17 July 2023
• Hundreds of comments called out Gerard for the dish and her silence around the mispronunciation.
  — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 10 Mar. 2023
• The hugs and cuddles, the adorable mispronunciation of words, the birthdays and holidays and vacations.
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 11 May 2023
• Is there a polite way to correct her mispronunciation again?
  — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2019
• The decision to have the nominees’ names read in recorded voice-overs may have saved time, and reduced the possibility of gaffes and mispronunciations by the presenters.
  — Mike Hale, The Seattle Times, 18 Sep. 2018
• An official transcript of the event confirms the remark was a mispronunciation and provides more context around his statement.
  — Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2022
• One of my earliest memories of our new life in America is of a mispronunciation.
  — Leah Bhabha, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2021
• That's not enough to prevent a common mispronunciation, though.
  — Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune, 28 May 2021
• He was known as Dico by his family, but the neighborhood kids called him Pelé, mimicking his mispronunciation of the name of his favorite player, a Brazilian goalkeeper known as Bile.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2022
• Other common menu mispronunciations include espresso (it’s ess, not ex) and pho (fuh), the Vietnamese dish many mistakenly call foe.
  — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2017
• The singer/actress has been making fun of herself on Twitter after a funny mispronunciation moment from the 2018 Tony nominations.
  — Abby Jones, Billboard, 11 June 2018
• Nigella Lawson is setting the record straight on her iconic mispronunciation.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 26 Dec. 2023
• Marlene was granted a spot at the nationals despite being declared the runner-up at the regional bee in March, said her mother, Michele Schaff, who had tried to challenge the results over a mispronunciation and have co-champions declared.
  — Emily K. Coleman, Lake County News-Sun, 1 June 2017
• As years passed, and Newton began following her professional dreams of being an actress, the mispronunciation just stuck.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 5 Apr. 2021
• While Smokey's mispronunciation was funny, some people saw the positivity in the story.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2020
• The deliberate mispronunciation is a sort of inversion of centuries of privilege, and the naughtiness of a convenient microwave.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2020
• Audiences also rolled their eyes at the bakers' mispronunciation of words like pico de gallo, while others decried the way one contestant peeled an avocado.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2022
• Miss Manners notes that names are trickier because mispronunciations can give offense.
  — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2019
• People change their names for many reasons, including divorce, religion, or to avoid mispronunciation of an unfamiliar name.
  — WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022
• Perdue's campaign brushed off the mispronunciation as an accident.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2020
• After publishing our list of 25 common Michigan mispronunciations, readers in droves submitted more ideas.
  — Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2018
• His campaign has called it an innocent mispronunciation.
  — New York Times, 1 Jan. 2021
• Both are subject to issues like accents, mispronunciations, and other audible issues.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 Mar. 2020
• There are several factors aside from ignorance that can account for mispronunciation, such as a neurological disorder, a speech impediment, hearing loss, or even fatigue and stress.
  — Kacy Vega, Quartz at Work, 4 Mar. 2020
• Elephant rides and Rugrats-style word misunderstandings and mispronunciations abound.
  — Caralynn Lippo, Redbook, 21 Apr. 2017
• Tran phonetically writes out his father’s mispronunciations in English.
  — E. Alex Jung, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2020
• Who can really blame Senator Warren for her (probable) mispronunciation?
  — Declan Leary, National Review, 11 July 2019

Last Updated: 19 Aug 2024