mistranslation
/mɪsˈtɹænz.leɪ.ʃən/
"mistranslation" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mistranslation” is uncommon English (frequency #89,641 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,641
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An incorrect translation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mistranslation · mistranslation · English
mistranslation · rank #89,641 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,641
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mistrustful
Nearest frequency peer: mistrustful (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “mistranslation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- minimus
minimus
10,364 corpus weight
- misapplied
misapplied
10,362 corpus weight
- mistranslat…
mistranslation
10,360 corpus weight
- mistrustful
mistrustful
10,359 corpus weight
- Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa
10,358 corpus weight
- moco
moco
10,356 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mistranslation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mistranslation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɪsˈtɹænz.leɪ.ʃən/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #89,641 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mistranslation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mistranslation is uncommon English at frequency #89,641 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɪsˈtɹænz.leɪ.ʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mistranslation, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mis- + translation. The correct English form is mistranslation, spelled M-I-S-T-R-A-N-S-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1An incorrect translation.
- 2The incorporation of the incorrect amino acid into a peptide sequence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mistranslation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
MORE mischief has been done to the cause of truth by mistranslations of, and consequent miscomments on the holy scripture, than is at first thought imagined or perceived.
The second stage in the process by which African cultural realities are often mistransformed through mistranslation by ethnographers is associated with the urgent demand for 'theories' to assist the ethnographer in organising his field data and in presenting the conclusions derived from the data.
Etymology
From mis- + translation.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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