metathesis
noun/məˈtæθəsɪs/
/məˈtæθəsɪs/
(plural metatheses
[uncountable] (linguistics)/məˈtæθəsiːz/
/məˈtæθəsiːz/
)- a change in the order of sounds or letters in a wordWord Originlate 16th cent.: from Greek, from metatithenai ‘transpose, change the position of’.
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