metathesis
Sounds switching places
Metathesis is the transposition of sounds or letters within a word.
English "bird" was once "brid"; "horse" was "hros." The process continues in casual speech: some people say "nucular" for nuclear, "aks" for ask.
In chemistry, metathesis refers to reactions where atoms or groups exchange between molecules.
Altered ordering of elements
- interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
- swapExchange one for another
- reversalComplete change of direction
permutation · reordering · inversion · flip · exchange · sequential · positional
Accidental sound transposition
- asteriskTypographical reference mark
- comfortablePhysically at ease
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- cavalryMounted military force
relevant · reanalysis · speech error · mispronunciation · historical change · phonological · dialect
Inverted parallel construction
- inversionReversal of position
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- reversalComplete change of direction
- syntacticRegarding sentence structure
parallelism · word order · stylistic · emphasis · literary device · figure of speech
Unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon
- rutheniumRare metallic element, number forty-four
- molybdenumElement forty-two
- alkeneDoubly-bonded carbon compound
- alkyneTriple-bonded carbon compound
catalyst · chiral · ligand · polymerization
rearrangement
Altered ordering of elements
- interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
- swapExchange one for another
reversal · permutation · reordering · inversion · flip · exchange · sequential · positional
spoonerism
Accidental sound transposition
- asteriskTypographical reference mark
- comfortablePhysically at ease
- nuclearOf atomic energy
cavalry · relevant · reanalysis · speech error · mispronunciation · historical change · phonological · dialect
chiasmus
Inverted parallel construction
syntactic · parallelism · word order · stylistic · emphasis · literary device · figure of speech
olefin
Unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon
- rutheniumRare metallic element, number forty-four
- molybdenumElement forty-two
- alkeneDoubly-bonded carbon compound
alkyne · catalyst · chiral · ligand · polymerization
- Misspellingsmisspelling, typo, spelling error, mistype, teh
- linguistic termsacronym, anagram, antonym, synonym, homonym
- word errorseggcorn, malapropism, could of, would of, for all intensive purposes
- Alkene Reactionshydrogenation, bromination, chlorination, fluorination, Diels-Alder
- polymerspolymer, elastomers, monomer, polyurethane foam, silicone rubber
- scribal errorsinterpolation, lacuna, omission, deletion, addition
thesis, synthesis, hypothesis, antithesis, parenthesis, transposition, prosthesis