Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transpositional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: trans-po-si-tion-al
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, or involving, transposition.

Example Sentences

"[…]the most striking and most offensive error in pronunciation among the Londoners, I confess, lies in the transpositional use of the letters W, and V[…]."

Etymology

From transposition + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: transposition

Derived Forms

retrotranspositional transpositionally

Questions

What does transpositional mean?: Pertaining to, or involving, transposition.
Where does transpositional come from?: From transposition + -al.

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