Usually means: Change of place in sounds.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. metathetic: Merriam-Webster
  2. metathetic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. metathetic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. metathetic: Wordnik
  5. metathetic: Wiktionary
  6. Metathetic, metathetic: Dictionary.com
  7. Metathetic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Metathetic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. metathetic: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Metathetic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. metathetic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. metathetic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. metathetic: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (metathetic)

▸ adjective:  (linguistics) Exhibiting metathesis.

Similar:
metametalinguistic, methectic, metaplasmic, metalinguistic, metasyntactic, metataxic, metasomatic, metachrotic, metonymous, metempsychosal, more...

Opposite:
dyslexic, non-metathetic, non-transpositional

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Similar:
metametalinguistic, methectic, metaplasmic, metalinguistic, metasyntactic, metataxic, metasomatic, metachrotic, metonymous, metempsychosal, more...

Opposite:
dyslexic, non-metathetic, non-transpositional



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