Words · Rare
paronomasia
11 letters · 8 distinct letters
- noun
a humorous play on words
I do it for the pun of it
Word history
From Latin paronomasia, from Ancient Greek παρονομασία (paronomasía, “play upon words which sound alike”), from παρα (para) + ὀνομασία (onomasía, “naming”).
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 70: the largest list we accept, where the rarer words live.
- How common it is
- Too rare to measure in everyday writing.
- In the spelling bee
- Not playable It uses more than seven different letters, so it can’t fit in a hive.