eggcorn|eggcorns in English

noun

(Linguistics) word that is used erroneously because it is identical in pronunciation to another but different in meaning, phrases used by mistake because they are homophones

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1. Synonyms for Colloquialism include eggcorn, expression, idiom, informality, vulgarism, common term, popular expression, jargon, lingo and language

2. ‘One place to find eggcorns is in the usage dictionaries and in other inventories of ‘Confusables’ (or ‘confusibles’, depending on who you read).’

3. Here is the list of all the English words ending with CORN grouped by number of letters: corn, acorn, scorn, Alcorn, bicorn, alicorn, Bescorn, eggcorn, muncorn