| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Prosthesis | Adding a syllable in front of word - e.g., beloved for loved |
| Epenthesis | Adding a syllable in the middle of word - e.g., visitating for visiting |
| Proparalepsis | Adding a syllable at the end of word - e.g., climature for climate |
| Aphaeresis | Subtracting a syllable from the beginning of word - e.g., 'neath for beneath |
| Syncope | Subtracting a syllable from the middle of word - e.g., prosprous for prosperous |
| Apocope | Subtracting a syllable from the end of word - e.g., even for evening |
| Metathesis | Transposition of letters in a word - e.g., clapse for clasp |
| Antisthecon | Change of sound - e.g., wrang for wrong |
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