the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
例句
This stirring appeal is spoilt by a malapropism in the last phrase, the word singularity. 译文：一番振奋人心的呼吁就绘羽最后荒唐的词语缪用--奇思异想。
Since malapropism is full of features of source language, it is difficult to translate it into target language. 由于飞白辞格极具源语言特色，在翻译成目的语时就增加了难度。
Without being a malapropism, a word may still fail to be the right word for the writer's purpose, the "mot juste". 译文：即使不为荒唐的词语缪用，遣词造句也难免不偏离作者本意，即“非中的之语。”
This paper tries to search translation strategies of malapropism from Chinese to English by analyzing samples. 本文试通过译法例析探寻飞白辞格的汉英翻译策略。
On English Lexical Variation and Malapropism 小议英语词汇变体和误用词语
The Comparison and Translation to Malapropism in Chinese and English 汉英飞白辞格的比较与翻译
