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eggcorn

Idiosyncratic substitution of a word or phrase, such as "egg corn" for "acorn".
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eggcorn

Summary

eggcorn ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,088 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • eggcorn is credited with the discovery of Geoffrey K. Pullum[2].
  • eggcorn is credited with the discovery of Mark Liberman[3].
  • acorn is named after eggcorn[4].
  • eggcorn is a type of word or phrase[5].
  • eggcorn is a type of phono-semantic matching[6].
  • eggcorn's different from is recorded as mondegreen[7].
  • eggcorn's different from is recorded as folk etymology[8].
  • eggcorn's different from is recorded as pun[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include word or phrase[5] and phono-semantic matching[6].

Origins

acorn is named after eggcorn[4].

Why It Matters

eggcorn ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,088 views/month).[1] eggcorn has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). eggcorn. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/eggcorn
MLA “eggcorn.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/eggcorn.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_eggcorn_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{eggcorn}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/eggcorn}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Grawiton · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Named after → acorn
    Subreddit → BoneAppleTea
    Discoverer or inventor → Geoffrey K. Pullum, Mark Liberman
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P3984]]: BoneAppleTea"
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