The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PALATAL which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2003.
Type of consonant crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| PALATAL | 33 % | 7 | 
| LENE | 33 % | 4 | 
| LABIAL | 33 % | 6 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Type of consonant
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bilabial
- labiodental
- dental
- alveolar
- postalveolar
- retroflex
- palatal
- velar
- dorsal
- interdental
- coronal
- labial
Crossword Answer definitions
PALATAL noun- A palatal consonant.
- Pertaining to the palate.
- Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate.
- Articulated at the hard palate.
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 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 LENE
- Singer Lovich
- Smooth, in phonetics
- Smooth consonant
- Smooth breathing.
- Smooth; phonetics.
- Phonetic term.
- Unaspirated.
- Mute letter.
- Nonaspirate.
- Miss Dietrich, to her friends.