Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

consonant mutation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: con-so-nan-t -mu-ta-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

7

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

change in a consonant in a word according to its morphological or syntactic environment.

Example Sentences

"Welsh is a language with a rich and productive system of initial consonant mutation."

Questions

What does consonant mutation mean?: change in a consonant in a word according to its morphological or syntactic environment.

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