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From left to right: Travis Kelce, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Cillian Murphy.
  • 'Nepo baby' and 'psammophile' are some of the most frequently mispronounced words of 2023. 
  • Vivek Ramaswamy, Travis Kelce, and Saturn's sixth moon also challenged speakers, according to The Captioning Group.
  • Here's all of 2023's most mispronounced words, according to experts.

2023 was the year of mispronouncing names, from politicians and athletes to high-profile celebrities and fictional characters.

People were also stumped by geological and astronomical phenomena this year, according to The Captioning Group.

Since 2016, the closed-captioning company has compiled the list on behalf of language platform Babbel, bringing together all the terms that newsreaders, politicians, public figures, and others struggled to pronounce correctly on TV.