malapropism /malˈə-pro-pi-zm/

1. The misapplication of words without mispronunciation, from Mrs Malaprop in Sheridan's play, The Rivals, who uses words malapropos
2. A word so used

• pleonectic
• pleonexia
• pleonexias
• pleons
• pleopod
• pleopods
• pleroma
• pleromas
• pleromatic
• plerome
• pleromes
• plerophoria
• plerophories
• plerophory
• plesh
• pleshes
• plesiosaur
• plesiosaurian
• plesiosaurs
• plessimeter
• plessimeters
• plessimetric
• plessimetries
• plessimetry
• plessor