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— English words —

• malapropism n. (Uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar-sounding one.
• malapropism n. (Countable) An instance of this; malaprop.

— English word, defined in French —

• malapropism n. (Linguistique) Malapropisme, abus de langage avec un effet comique involontaire.

20 English words from 2 English definitions

absurdly blundering Countable expression inappropriate in␣place in␣place␣of instance malaprop of␣a of␣an one place similar sounding The this Uncountable use word

2 English words from the foreign definition

comique effet

7 foreign words from the foreign definition

abus abus␣de␣langage avec involontaire langage Linguistique Malapropisme

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

malapropisms

35 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ala Ala ALA Ala. a␣la à␣la alap apr Apr APR Apr. ism ISM -ism lap mal Mal mal- Mal. mala malaprop OPI OPIs pis PIs pro Pro PRO pro- Pro. -pro- prop prop- Prop. ROP

23 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ala Ala ALA Ala. a␣la à␣la Alam IPO lam Lam LAM Lam. MSI orp pal Pal PAL pala Pala POR RPA sip SIP

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

malapropisms

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

piroplasma

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

malapropish malapropist

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