misdirect

Other forms of misdirect

past tense

misdirected·

present participle

misdirecting·

third person

misdirects·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about misdirect

What does misdirect mean?

misdirect means "corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in misdirect?

misdirect has 3 syllables: mis-di-rect. The stress falls on "rect". In IPA it is /mɪsdɪˈɹɛkt/.

What is another word for misdirect?

Close synonyms include corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is misdirect a common word?

misdirect is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with misdirect?

2 words rhyme with misdirect. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.