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metathetize

metathetize is the alternative form of metathesize.

Meaning of metathesize

Verb

metathesize (third-person singular simple present metathesizes, present participle metathesizing, simple past and past participle metathesized)

  1. To undergo or to subject to metathesis; of sounds, to switch positions in a word.
    • Cases like mu·yh : mu·hyut may be accounted for under a rule that clusters of h plus sonorant metathesize in word-final position.1939, Morris Swadesh & C. F. Voegelin, A Problem in Phonological Alternation, in Language, Vol. 15, No. 1

Forms of metathetize

third-person singular presentmetathetizes
present participlemetathetizing
past participlemetathetized
pastmetathetized

Questions about metathetize

What is metathetize the alternative form of?
Metathetize is the alternative form of metathesize.

Words near metathetize in the dictionary

  1. metathesizes
  2. metathesizing
  3. metathetic
  4. metathetical
  5. metathetically
  6. metathetize
  7. metathetized
  8. metathetizes
  9. metathetizing
  10. metathinking
  11. metathoraces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: metathetize (page history and authors); metathesize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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