misbehavior
/ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjɚ/noun
misbehavior is spelled M-I-S-B-E-H-A-V-I-O-R: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, misbehavior means “Action or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of misbehavior is misbehaviors.
How many letters and syllables are in misbehavior?
| Letters | 11: M-I-S-B-E-H-A-V-I-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,129th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is misbehavior?
Misbehavior appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,129th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce misbehavior?
- UK /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjə(ɹ)/
- UK /ˌmɪsbəˈheɪvjə/
- US /ˌmɪsbɪˈheɪvjɚ/
Misbehavior has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-misbehavior.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with misbehavior?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as misbehavior from its last stressed vowel (/eɪvjəɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: behaviorism.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of misbehavior
- misbehaviors plural
- misbehaviour UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does misbehavior mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USAction or conduct that is inappropriate, improper, incorrect, or unexpected.
The teacher did not tolerate misbehavior in his classroom.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Misbehavior in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense conduct that is inappropriate:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inconduite |
| German | schlechtes Benehmen |
| Portuguese | má conduta |
| Spanish | mal comportamiento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.