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MISSPEAK

Definitions: MISSPEAK

MISSPEAK

Intransitive verb

1. To err in speaking.

Transitive verb

1. To utter wrongly.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Frequency of Internet Keywords: MISSPEAK

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

misspeak

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: MISSPEAK

Language Translations for "MISSPEAK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

ομιλώ εσφαλμενώσ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

isspeakmay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: MISSPEAK

Derivations

Words beginning with "MISSPEAK": misspeaking, misspeaks. (additional references)


Misspellings

"MISSPEAK" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Misheck. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "MISSPEAK"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "MISSPEAK" (pronounced mi'sspē"k or mi'spē"k)
4-s p ē" kbespeak, respeak, speak.
3-p ē" kpeak, peek, pique.
4-s p ē" kbespeak, respeak, speak.
3-p ē" kpeak, peek, pique.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: MISSPEAK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-k-m-p-s-s"

-1 letter: impasse.

-2 letters: passim, sameks, sepias, skimps, speaks, spikes.

-3 letters: amies, amiss, apses, apsis, aspis, kames, kemps, kepis, makes, masks, masse, mesas, mikes, mises, paiks, paise, pases, passe, peaks, pikas, pikes, pimas, sakes, sakis, samek, samps, seams, seism, semis, sepia, sikes, simas, simps, sipes, skeps, skies, skimp, skims, skips, spaes, spake, spams, spasm, speak.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-k-m-p-s-s"
 

+1 letter: misspeaks.

 

+3 letters: mispackages, misspeaking.

 

+4 letters: marlinspikes.

 

+5 letters: marlinespikes, phrasemakings, spokesmanship, sportsmanlike.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MISSPEAK


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 49 53 53 50 45 41 4B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    ..    ...    ...    .--.    .    .-    -.-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01001001 01010011 01010011 01010000 01000101 01000001 01001011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#73 &#83 &#83 &#80 &#69 &#65 &#75

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0049 0053 0053 0050 0045 0041 004B

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4743535350393545

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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