misconception
/ˌmɪs.kənˈsɛp.ʃən/noun
misconception is spelled M-I-S-C-O-N-C-E-P-T-I-O-N: 13 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, misconception means “A mistaken belief, a wrong idea” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of misconception is misconceptions.
How many letters and syllables are in misconception?
| Letters | 13: M-I-S-C-O-N-C-E-P-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 misconception?
Misconception appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th 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 misconception?
- US /ˌmɪs.kənˈsɛp.ʃən/
Misconception 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-misconception.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with misconception?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as misconception from its last stressed vowel (/ɛpʃən/):
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 misconception
- misconceptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does misconception mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mistaken belief, a wrong idea.
There are several common misconceptions about the theory of relativity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Misconception in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a mistaken belief:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | idée erronée |
| German | Missverständnis, Irrglaube, Fehlannahme, irrige Vorstellung, falsche Auffassung |
| Spanish | creencia errónea, concepción equivocada, falencia |
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.