Is there a specialised term for words that are almost always mispronounced?
With few exceptions, I hear people pronounce enmity emnity, Wednesday Wensday, and prerogative perogative.
Is there a proper term for this phenomenon?
Consider, metathesis
(phonetics, prosody) The transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/. Wikipedia
nucular is a commonly used metathetic form of the word nuclear Wikipedia
Just come across the word which describes the mumbling of Wednesday & prerogative.
Lenition (Oxford Dictionaries /US English) The process or result of weakened articulation of a consonant, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or lost.
In UK English a more limited definition is given.