misbelief
noun
misbelief is spelled M-I-S-B-E-L-I-E-F: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, misbelief means “an erroneous belief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of misbelief is misbeliefs.
How many letters and syllables are in misbelief?
| Letters | 9: M-I-S-B-E-L-I-E-F |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is misbelief?
Misbelief appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th 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 misbelief?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-misbelief.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of misbelief
- misbeliefs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does misbelief mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
an erroneous belief
- 2
a heresy; an unorthodox belief
- 3
obsoletedoubt; an erroneous lack of belief.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does misbelief come from?
From Middle English misbileve, from mis- + bileve; equivalent to mis- + belief. Compare later misbelieve.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).