misgovernment
noun
misgovernment is spelled M-I-S-G-O-V-E-R-N-M-E-N-T: 13 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, misgovernment means “Bad government” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of misgovernment is misgovernments.
How many letters and syllables are in misgovernment?
| Letters | 13: M-I-S-G-O-V-E-R-N-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 38 million words; the 189,524th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is misgovernment?
Misgovernment appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th 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 misgovernment?
- US
Misgovernment 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)-Wodencafe-misgovernment.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of misgovernment
- misgovernments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does misgovernment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Bad government.
- 2
archaicFailure to restrict oneself; improper behavior; misconduct.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does misgovernment come from?
From mis- + government.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).