The Confusion of Words That Sounds Similar

You probably heard of people confused with what is similar in sound and the habit of misusing them ridiculously. This sort of confusion is known as Malapropism. It is an act of using an incorrect word in place of one that is similar in pronunciation. The word originated from a character Mrs Malaprop in a 1775 play “The Rivals” by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. An example of such a mistake is “The doctor administered the anecdote”, here in place of “anecdote” an “antidote,” would be the correct word.
Another terminology, Spoonerism, also known as a slip of the tongue, is a verbal mistake of switching the initial consonant sound between two words. For example, “Jelly beans” becomes “belly jeans”.