mispronounce

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Others tended to mispronounce his actual first name.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024

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

Last week, Oakland Athletics announcer Glen Kuiper appeared to mispronounce “negro” during the pregame show on NBC Sports California when talking about a visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

From Washington Times • May 9, 2023

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

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers