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What is eggcorns?

a lexical mistake, usually in the form of a commonly-used term used in place of a more obscure term.

Some examples of eggcorn are to ferment trouble, the prostrate gland, potatoes old rotten. The writing teacher corrected the eggcorns in the student's composition.

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