Malaprop

Definition: Malaprop

Malaprop

Noun

1. The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar.

Date "malaprop" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references)

"Malaprop" is a common misspelling or typo for: Malapropism, Malapropos.

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Malaprop (Mrs.), in The Rivals, by Sheridan. (French, mal � propos.) Noted for her blunders in the use of words. "As headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile" is one of her famous similes. (See Partington .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonym: Malaprop

Synonym: malapropism (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Misnomer	Noun: misnomer; lucus a non lucendo; Mrs. Malaprop; what d'ye call 'em; (neologism); Hoosier.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Malaprop

Etymologies containing "malaprop": malapropism. (references)

"Malaprop" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Malaprop" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	66.67%	2	245,945
Noun (singular)	33.33%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	3	N/A

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Language		Translations for "malaprop"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		alapropmay.(various references)

Thai		ตัวละครของ Sheridan ในเรื่อง The Rivals. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "malaprop": malapropian, malapropism, malapropisms, malapropist, malapropists, malapropos, malaprops. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "malaprop" (pronounced ma"luprÄ'p)
4	-p r Ä' p	turboprop.
3	-r Ä' p	backdrop, eavesdrop, raindrop.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-l-m-o-p-p-r"
	-2 letters: amoral, palmar, paramo, poplar.
	-3 letters: alamo, alarm, appal, aroma, malar, molar, moral, pampa, papal, parol, polar, praam.
	-4 letters: alar, alma, lama, lamp, loam, maar, marl, mola, mora, opal, oral, palm, palp, papa, para, plop, pomp, pram, prao, proa, prom, prop, ramp, roam, romp.
	-5 letters: aal, ala, alp, ama, amp, arm, lam, lap, lar, lop, map, mar, moa, mol, mop, mor, oar, ora, pal, pam, pap, par, pol, pom, pop, pro, ram, rap, rom.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-l-m-o-p-p-r"
	+1 letter: malaprops.
	+2 letters: malapropos, piroplasma.
	+3 letters: malapropian, malapropism, malapropist.
	+4 letters: malapropisms, malapropists, phragmoplast, piroplasmata.
	+5 letters: approximately, blepharospasm, pharmacopeial, phragmoplasts, premenopausal.
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