padla

Crossword-Clue: The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one 2 answers with 8-11 letters 💡

Answers

Filter answers for the crossword clue "The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one" by length:
Show all 8 11

8 letters (1 answer)

MALAPROP

11 letters (1 answer)

MALAPROPISM
✏️ Suggest another solution Know another solution for crossword clues containing "The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one"? Please add your answer to the biggest crossword databank now!

Similar clues

  1. the use of words with similar endings in close proximity 58.12%
  2. Dish that might use seaweed in place of a tortilla 57.66%
  3. Like the keys of many sad-sounding songs 55.45%
  4. a maker of wordy or fine-sounding phrases 54.90%
  5. WORDS, recurrence of same or similar sounds in 54.72%
  6. the use of longer phrasing in place of a shorter form of expression 53.12%
  7. "Haste makes waste" and similar sayings 53.06%
  8. Game of chance similar to bingo 52.17%
  9. PLAY upon words which involves the placing together of words of similar sound 52.17%
  10. the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod 52.00%
  11. the young of a herring or sprat or similar fish 51.85%
  12. One of a number of similar things 51.06%
  13. REPETITION of similar sounds in words 51.02%
  14. the state of being similar 50.57%
  15. Anything else of a similar sort: Colloq. 50.51%
  16. A PUBLICATION THAT IS ONE OF A SET OF SEVERAL SIMILAR PUBLICATIONS 50.39%
  17. It ends "In her tomb by the sounding sea" 50.00%
  18. having the function of uniting a group of similar things 49.57%
  19. Norse goddess of death with an apt-sounding name 49.54%
  20. a grouping of a number of similar things 49.50%

Related word tools

Unscramble THE3-letter words that start with T3-letter words that end in E3-letter words containing HE3-letter words containing EH3-letter words with T and H
Powerful blow
?
W
?
A
?
L
?
L
?
O
?
P
Hint 1 meaning
To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and rolling, with noise.
Hint 2 anagram
WLALOP
Hint 3 another clue
BATTER ___
Play Crossword
3 +1

New Suggestion for "The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one"

Clue
Answer (solution)
What are the answers for this crossword clue?

The crossword clue “The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one” appears in a wide range of crossword puzzles. Over time, several answers have been used to solve this clue, depending on context, difficulty level, and word length. Based on usage frequency and common crossword patterns, the most relevant answers are MALAPROPISM, MALAPROP.

How many answers does this crossword clue have?

There are 2 possible answers for the crossword clue “The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar sounding one”, with the TOP-2 shown above. Our database combines millions of real crossword entries, helping solvers identify the correct solution by considering length, letter placement, and clue interpretation. Pad.la also features a free online crossword game with board sizes from 5×5 up to 25×25.

If you have an additional answer or a new clue related to this solution, you can submit it using the suggestion form below.