The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SONANT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2001.
Speech sound crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SONANT | 19 % | 6 |
| ASPIRATE | 12 % | 8 |
| LENE | 12 % | 4 |
| LISP | 8 % | 4 |
| LENIS | 8 % | 5 |
| NASAL | 8 % | 5 |
| PHONEME | 4 % | 7 |
| SURD | 4 % | 4 |
| HAW | 4 % | 3 |
| VOWEL | 4 % | 5 |
| PALATAL | 4 % | 7 |
| BURR | 4 % | 4 |
| TWANG | 4 % | 5 |
| PHONE | 4 % | 5 |
| SPIRANT | 4 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Speech sound
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- phone
- sound
- speech pattern
- speach
- spoken language
- speech rhythm
- speechify
- visible speech
- enunciation
- pronunciation
- speeches
- spoken
Crossword Answer definitions
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SONANT
- Voiced
- Voiced, in phonetics
- Vocalized in speech
- Sounding.
- Vocal.
- A voiced speech sound.
- Speech sound.
- Having sound
- Speech sound
- Voiced speech sound
More clues leading to the result ASPIRATE
- Add breath to pronunciation
- Speech sound of an "h."
- A speech sound.
- Pronounce the "h."
- The sound of "h."
- Sound of "h."
- Pronounce in a certain way.
- Speech sound.
- Speech sound
- Articulate
More clues leading to the result LENE
- Singer Lovich
- Smooth, in phonetics
- Smooth consonant
- Smooth breathing.
- Smooth; phonetics.
- Phonetic term.
- Unaspirated.
- Mute letter.
- Nonaspirate.
- Miss Dietrich, to her friends.
More clues leading to the result LISP
- Speech mannerism
- Thpeak like thith
- Speak like Sylvester
- Talk like Sylvester
- "Thpeak like thith"
- Suffer from sigmatism
- Speech problem
- Have a problem with one's sister, say?
- Speech therapist's project
- Speech defect
More clues leading to the result LENIS
- Speech sound.
- Weakly articulated speech sounds.
- Opposite of "fortis"
- Soft speech sound.
- Opp. of fortis
- Smooth breathing
- Opposite of fortis, in phonetics
- Weakly pronounced consonant, in phonetics
More clues leading to the result NASAL
- Like Willie Nelson's voice
- Kind of spray
- Twang type
- Twangy
- Twangy, as speech
- Like "hunh"
- Like a twangy voice
- Like twangy speech
- Llike a "Hunh?" sound
- Stuffy-sounding
More clues leading to the result PHONEME
- "I'd love it if you call"
- Speech unit
- Diphthong, e.g.
- Unit of speech
- Pronunciation unit
- Speech sound.
- Smallest unit of speech
- Basic linguistic unit
- "Sh" or "th," linguistically
- Pronunciation key representation
More clues leading to the result SURD
- Irrational number
- Irrational.
- Voiceless.
- Without reason.
- Irrational number.
- Irrational number in mathematics.
- Not expressible in rational numbers.
- Voiceless speech sound.
- Mathematical term.
- Quantity inexpressible in whole numbers.
More clues leading to the result HAW
- "Hee-__"
- Hem and __
- Command to a horse
- Hem's partner
- Hee ___
- Turn left
- Word that can mean "hesitate" on its own, but usually partners with "hem"
- "Hee ___"
- Laugh line?
- Turn to the left
More clues leading to the result VOWEL
- Always A, and sometimes Y
- Crwth's lack
- I, for one
- "Wheel of Fortune" purchase
- Part of EIEIO
- AEIO or U
- One of California's five
- Part of a facetious sequence?
- There's one in ten
- Y, sometimes
More clues leading to the result PALATAL
- Kind of consonant
- Kind of vowel
- Relating to the roof of the mouth
- Spoken with the tongue near the roof of the mouth
- Type of consonant
- Like some consonants, as the nasal "n"
- Like tongue-against-roof-of-the-mouth consonants
- Like some consonants
- Certain consonant
- Pronounced in a certain way.
More clues leading to the result BURR
- Characteristic of Scottish speech
- Hamilton's killer
- Raymond of courtroom fame
- Hamilton's slayer
- Hamilton foe
- He was a Mason for many years
- 1973 Gore Vidal historical fiction
- First book of Vidal's Narratives of Empire series
- Jefferson's V.P.
- Jefferson's vice president
More clues leading to the result TWANG
- Nasal sound
- Guitar's sound
- Uke sound
- Nasal nuance
- Response to a pluck
- Plucked sound
- Vocal quality of country singers
- Guitar sound
- Jew's-harp sound
- Nasal tone
More clues leading to the result PHONE
- Cellular device
- Call up
- Cellular caller
- Conversation piece
- Pocket calculator, sometimes
- Make a call
- Omnipresent ringer
- Gizmo patented by Bell
- E.T.'s contraption
- Call