misconstruction
noun
misconstruction is spelled M-I-S-C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, misconstruction means “A misunderstanding or misinterpretation resulting from a different meaning than intended of a word that has multiple meanings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of misconstruction is misconstructions.
How many letters and syllables are in misconstruction?
| Letters | 15: M-I-S-C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is misconstruction?
Misconstruction appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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).
What rhymes with misconstruction?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as misconstruction.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: constructionism.
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 misconstruction
- misconstructions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does misconstruction mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A misunderstanding or misinterpretation resulting from a different meaning than intended of a word that has multiple meanings.
- 2
Other misconstrual or misinterpretation not necessarily hinging on missense of any particular word.
a misconstruction of the law
- 3
An ungrammatical phrase; a misformed word.
- 4
The act of misbuilding; an instance of it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does misconstruction come from?
From mis- + construction.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).