mispronounce

[ mis-pruh-nouns ]

/ ˌmɪs prəˈnaʊns /

to pronounce incorrectly.

Origin of mispronounce

First recorded in 1585–95; mis-¹ + pronounce

mis·pro·nounc·er, noun mis·pro·nun·ci·a·tion

[mis-pruh-nuhn-see-ey-shuh n] /ˌmɪs prəˌnʌn siˈeɪ ʃən/, noun

Alarum for alarm, is merely a corruption produced by mispronunciation.

Notes and Queries, Number 46, Saturday, September 14, 1850 |Various
Mispronunciation, of course, is not the only mannerism of speech that may be availed of.

The Technique of Fiction Writing |Robert Saunders Dowst
But due to mispronunciation the mental bomb acted as a boomerang and killed the demon.

Autobiography of a YOGI |Paramhansa Yogananda
She could not even trouble herself about Granny's mispronunciation just then.

The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe |Amanda Minnie Douglas

In saying, however, that the name of the city meant "Hidden," the writer has been misled by the Egyptian mispronunciation of it.

Patriarchal Palestine |Archibald Henry Sayce

mispronounce

/ (ˌmɪsprəˈnaʊns) /

to pronounce (a word) wrongly

mispronunciation (ˌmɪsprəˌnʌnsɪˈeɪʃən), noun