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There are 9 words containing ERCORRECT

HYPERCORRECThypercorrect adj. (Grammar) Nonstandard because of a mistaken idea of standard usage.
hypercorrect v. (Transitive) To change (a word or phrase) to a nonstandard form in the mistaken belief that it is standard usage.
hyper-correct adj. Alternative form of hypercorrect.
HYPERCORRECTIONhypercorrection n. (Linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule.
hypercorrection n. (Linguistics) A nonstandard form so used.
HYPERCORRECTION n. a grammatical, usage or pronunciation mistake made by 'correcting' something that's right to begin with.
HYPERCORRECTLYhypercorrectly adv. In a hypercorrect manner.
HYPERCORRECT adv. refers to a linguistic construction or pronunciation produced by mistaken analogy with standard usage out of a desire to be correct, such as "open widely" or "on behalf of my wife and I".
OVERCORRECTovercorrect v. To correct too sharply or too much.
OVERCORRECT v. to correct to excess.
OVERCORRECTEDovercorrected v. Simple past tense and past participle of overcorrect.
OVERCORRECT v. to correct to excess.
OVERCORRECTINGovercorrecting v. Present participle of overcorrect.
OVERCORRECT v. to correct to excess.
OVERCORRECTIONovercorrection n. The correction of something to an excessive degree.
OVERCORRECTION n. excessive correction.
OVERCORRECTIONSovercorrections n. Plural of overcorrection.
OVERCORRECTION n. excessive correction.
OVERCORRECTSovercorrects v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcorrect.
OVERCORRECT v. to correct to excess.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
Definitions are short excerpt from the WikWik.org and 1Word.ws.

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  • English Wiktionary: 28 words
  • Scrabble in French: 6 words
  • Scrabble in Spanish: no word
  • Scrabble in Italian: no word
  • Scrabble in German: no word
  • Scrabble in Romanian: no word


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