(linguistics) An idiosyncratic but semantically motivated substitution of a word or phrase for a word or words that sound identical, or nearly so, at least in the dialect the speaker uses.
noun
(linguistics)
An idiosyncratic but semantically motivated substitution of a word or phrase for a word or words that sound identical, or nearly so, at least in the dialect the speaker uses.
Grammar and declension of eggcorn
eggcorn ( pluraleggcorns)
Examples deep-seeded instead of deep-seated* deformation of character instead of defamation of character* for all intensive purposes instead of for all intents and purposes* free reign instead of free rein* oldtimer's disease instead of Alzheimer's disease* on tender hooks instead of on tenterhooks