# misfire

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɪs.faɪ(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #54,943

## Definitions
1. An act of misfiring.
2. A failure.

## Etymology
Either a univerbation of earlier miss fire, or the compound mis- + fire (or possibly a confluence of both).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/misfire