Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to misspeak
Participle: misspeaked
Gerund: misspeaking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | misspeak |
| you | misspeak |
| he;she;it | misspeaks |
| we | misspeak |
| you | misspeak |
| they | misspeak |
Perfect
| I | have misspeaked |
| you | have misspeaked |
| he;she;it | has misspeaked |
| we | have misspeaked |
| you | have misspeaked |
| they | have misspeaked |
Past
| I | misspeaked |
| you | misspeaked |
| he;she;it | misspeaked |
| we | misspeaked |
| you | misspeaked |
| they | misspeaked |
Pluperfect
| I | had misspeaked |
| you | had misspeaked |
| he;she;it | had misspeaked |
| we | had misspeaked |
| you | had misspeaked |
| they | had misspeaked |
Future
| I | will misspeak |
| you | will misspeak |
| he;she;it | will misspeak |
| we | will misspeak |
| you | will misspeak |
| they | will misspeak |
Future Perfect
| I | will have misspeaked |
| you | will have misspeaked |
| he;she;it | will have misspeaked |
| we | will have misspeaked |
| you | will have misspeaked |
| they | will have misspeaked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | misspeak |
| you | misspeak |
| he;she;it | misspeak |
| we | misspeak |
| you | misspeak |
| they | misspeak |
Perfect
| I | have misspeaked |
| you | have misspeaked |
| he;she;it | have misspeaked |
| we | have misspeaked |
| you | have misspeaked |
| they | have misspeaked |
Imperfect
| I | misspeaked |
| you | misspeaked |
| he;she;it | misspeaked |
| we | misspeaked |
| you | misspeaked |
| they | misspeaked |
Pluperfect
| I | had misspeaked |
| you | had misspeaked |
| he;she;it | had misspeaked |
| we | had misspeaked |
| you | had misspeaked |
| they | had misspeaked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would misspeak |
| you | would misspeak |
| he;she;it | would misspeak |
| we | would misspeak |
| you | would misspeak |
| they | would misspeak |
Perfect
| I | would have misspeaked |
| you | would have misspeaked |
| he;she;it | would have misspeaked |
| we | would have misspeaked |
| you | would have misspeaked |
| they | would have misspeaked |
Imperative
| you | misspeak |
| we | Let's misspeak |
| you | misspeak |
Verbs conjugated like 'misspeak'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'misspeak'
misseat,
misseek,
misspell,
misspend,
misswear,
bespeak,
disseat,
disspread,
forspeak,
misappear,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English misspeken, mispeken, mysspeken, from Old English *misspecan, missprecan (“to murmur”), equivalent to mis- + speak.
Sample Sentences
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Either I misspoke or you misheard.
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The president’s comments on Wednesday came after Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, the chamber’s only Black Republican, said that “white supremacy should be denounced at every turn. I think he misspoke, I think he should correct it. If he doesn’t correct it I guess he didn’t misspeak.” [2020 September 30, “Trump Faces Torrent of Criticism From Fellow Republicans After Failing to Denounce White Supremacy”, in New York Times:]
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In July, both Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves appeared to contradict the commitment to public ownership - but then subsequently said they had misspoken. [2022 October 5, Conrad Landin, “Network News: Labour resolves to put rail "in the hands of the public"”, in RAIL, number 967, page 16:]