missound noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •mispronunciation.They are, however, often found used in the second person without this suffix, for which the avoiding of the missound is quoted as the reason. — 1874 verb1 •To sound or pronounce wrongly.Every word in English of more than one Syllable has a fixed accent established by the custom of the language, to misplace which is as offensive to the propriety of speech, as to missound the vowel. — 1808 formsmissounded · missounding · missounds