Hyphenation of malaprops

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word malaprops? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ma-la-props

Definitions of malaprops:

1.	The unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

Last hyphenations of this language

semipatterned xu Romanized depilous mediterranean misdeeming lorded revolutionize water-resistant anchieutectic thaddeus nitrile Volume slughorn event blue-yellow Blatt Erbaa DESTINATION

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.