mispronounce

We all stumble over and mispronounce words occasionally.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2024

The findings also suggest that when listening to children, adult listeners incorporate expectations of how children commonly mispronounce words, such as "weed" for "read."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023

And here’s a good one: What happens when you mispronounce a menu term?

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2023

“And the cheer for Musl— we cheer for Muslim athletes, like Kareem Al-J—Al-J— Abdul-Jabbar. I know him and I did mispronounce his name.”

From Washington Times ● May 3, 2023

It was possible that Grandpa’s southern accent and his illiteracy made him mispronounce his own name.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

Some seek to convey authenticity, if occasionally ham-fistedly; one influencer mispronounces Steyer’s last name.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

For example, in the Sally Bundock video, the "presenter" mispronounces 15 as "fife-teen", as well as oddly pronouncing project as "pro-ject".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023

It seems merely an irritating infraction, for instance, that Rose mispronounces Caroline’s name as Carolyn — until you notice Clarke wincing as if struck when it happens.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2021

Biden mispronounces Jon Ossoff's name at Georgia rally in latest gaffe President-elect Joe Biden butchered the name of Georgia Democratic Senate hopeful John Ossoff during an election event Tuesday ahead of the crucial runoff races.

From Fox News ● Dec. 16, 2020

The chairs in his study bear the logo from their alma mater, Yale, which Vic notes the family mispronounces as jail.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

My name has been misspelled and mispronounced my entire life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

During coverage of the Milan-Cortina Games last month, Liu’s first name was often mispronounced as “uh-LISS-uh” and her last name as either “LOO” or “LEE-ooh.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

The uniforms are generic camouflage ones easily bought online, while the Ukrainian words are heavily mispronounced and spoken with a strong Russian accent.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025

“If I purposely mispronounced your name, that would probably not be appropriate,” Boykin tried to explain, before Dyson added, “You’re normalizing that kind of viciousness, man. You’re disrespecting the woman.”

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2024

She also became an excellent speller of words she mispronounced.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

He got the name of the mayor, Zohran Mamdani, wrong, mispronouncing it in a different way every time he said it.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Taiwan had such a low profile then that when I told people my family is from Taiwan, most just assumed I was mispronouncing Thailand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2024

He changed his surname in the 1970s, he said, because people kept mispronouncing it.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

It wasn’t his only mistake of the night: Malukas was scolded by McLaughlin for mispronouncing his last name.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2022

Doc Brown’s talking about the 1.21 gigawatts needed for time travel, but mispronouncing it “jigawatts,” which always bothered me.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman