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faux pas

A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.

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Bloomer 76% connected

A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.

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Blunder 76% connected

To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription.

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Botch 76% connected

A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.

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Bungle 76% connected

To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

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Gaucherie 92% connected

An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slip 92% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Solecism 92% connected

An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from th…

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Accent noun · 78% connection

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…

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Acceptability noun · 78% connection

satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards

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Acceptableness noun · 78% connection

satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards

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Apposition noun · 78% connection

the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"

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Collocation noun · 78% connection

the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"

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Confusable adjective · 78% connection

so similar as to be easily identified for another thing; "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals"

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Descriptive adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage; "descri…

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Descriptive grammar noun · 78% connection

a grammar that is produced by descriptive linguistics

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Dialect noun · 78% connection

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…

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English noun · 78% connection

the discipline that studies the English language and literature

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Grammar noun · 78% connection

the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

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Homonym noun · 78% connection

two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings

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Homophone noun · 78% connection

two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)

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Idiom noun · 78% connection

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he ha…

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Juxtaposition noun · 78% connection

the act of positioning close together (or side by side); "it is the result of the juxtaposition of contrasting colors"

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Mistakable adjective · 78% connection

so similar as to be easily identified for another thing; "potentially confusable senses of words"; "easily mistakable signals"

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Nonstandard adjective · 78% connection

not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community; "a nonstandard dialect is one used by uneducated speakers…

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Normative adjective · 78% connection

pertaining to giving directives or rules; "prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage"

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Algorithm noun · 78% connection

A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or completing a task

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Amiss noun · 78% connection

A fault, wrong, or mistake.

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Bath noun · 78% connection

A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five qu…

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Croup noun · 78% connection

An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp.,…

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Double-quick adjective · 78% connection

Of, or performed in, the fastest time or step in marching, next to the run; as, a double-quick step or march.

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Drib verb · 78% connection

To lead along step by step; to entice.

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Error noun · 78% connection

A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as,…

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False superl. · 78% connection

Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false je…

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Fault noun · 78% connection

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my error…

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Gallon noun · 78% connection

A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.

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Go verb · 78% connection

To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely.

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Gradation noun · 78% connection

relative position in a graded series; "always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions"

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Gradatory adjective · 78% connection

Proceeding step by step, or by gradations; gradual.

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