The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ABLAUT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1992.
Apophony crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABLAUT | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Apophony
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- alternation
- metaphony
- aphthong
- apocope
- allophone
- acrophony
- allophonics
- allophony
- phonomime
- anaptyxis
- archiphoneme
- consonant gradation
Crossword Answer definitions
ABLAUT noun- The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get and got; sing and song; hang and hung, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel.
- (of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel.
- To cause to change a vowel.
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