metathesis

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Phonetic Respelling: [ muh-tath-uh-sis ]

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n. 1 the transposition of letters or syllables or sounds in a word as in the pronunciation; 2 -Chemistry- double decomposition.

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He had a problem with metathesis of n and m saying emeny instead of enemy.

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He had a problem with metathesis of n and m saying emeny instead of enemy.

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transposition of letters; transposition of syllables; sound transposition

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correct pronunciation

How many syllables in metathesis?

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me-tath-e-sis

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