English Dictionary

eggcorn

/ˈɛɡkɔːn/

noun

(linguistics) a word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used in a seemingly logical or plausible way for another word or phrase either on its own or as part of a set expression

She thought the phrase 'old-timers' was an eggcorn for 'old-timers'.

意味（1）

(linguistics) a word or phrase that sounds like and is mistakenly used in a seemingly logical or plausible way for another word or phrase either on its own or as part of a set expression

update (9/30/2003): Geoff Pullum suggests that if no suitable term already exists for cases like this, we should call them egg corns, in the metonymic tradition of mondegreen, since the eponymous solution of malapropism and spoonerism is not appropriate.