mispronounce

Example Sentences

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She also has a speech impairment that causes her to mispronounce certain words, “so she’s always been different,” her mother said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2025

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 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

Again, while others had great difficulty in understanding me, I couldn’t hear myself mispronounce words.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers