metathesis
noun /məˈtæθəsɪs/
/məˈtæθəsɪs/
(plural metatheses
[uncountable] (linguistics /məˈtæθəsiːz/
/məˈtæθəsiːz/
)- a change in the order of sounds or letters in a word
音位变换；字位变换 词源late 16th cent.: from Greek, from metatithenai ‘transpose, change the position of’.