English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “mischance”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for mischance is mis-chance, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
mis-chance
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result mis-chance The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordmischance
Hyphenationmis-chance
Break points1
Part of speechnoun · verb
Pronunciation/mɪsˈtʃɑːns/
Meaning & usage

What does “mischance” mean?

mischance: Bad luck, misfortune.

Headwordmischance
Part of speechnoun · verb
Pronunciation/mɪsˈtʃɑːns/
1
noun

Bad luck, misfortune.

2
noun

A mishap, an unlucky circumstance.

3
verb

To undergo (a misfortune); to suffer (something unfortunate).

Word breaks

How “mischance” is split

mis·chance

For US English, the hyphenation result is mis-chance. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “mischance”

How do you hyphenate “mischance”?

In the US-English result used here, mischance is hyphenated as mis-chance.

Where can “mischance” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “mischance” mean?

Bad luck, misfortune.

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