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

• tensities
• tensity
• tensive
• tenson
• tensons
• tensor
• tensorial
• tensors
• tent
• tentacle
• tentacled
• tentacles
• tentacula
• tentacular
• tentaculate
• tentaculiferous
• tentaculite
• tentaculites
• tentaculoid
• tentaculum
• tentage
• tentages
• tentation
• tentations
• tentative