reanalysis

From re- + analysis.

reanalysis (plural reanalyses)

1. A second or subsequent analysis.
2. (linguistics) Analyzing a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding.
   • 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 265:

     The initial g- in several of the forms is due to reanalysis from syntactic constructions in which the initial k- preceded by a vowel regularly lenites.

• reanalyze, reanalyse

• (linguistics: different analysis of a word's structure): surface analysis, folk etymology
• rebracketing

• Israelyans