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Showing words for SPOONERISM using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Spoonerism

spoonerism

9 Letter Words for Spoonerism

empoisons, moonrises, poisoners, roominess, semisopor

8 Letter Words for Spoonerism

empoison, emprison, erosions, imposers, ionomers, isospore, mersions, minoress, monosies, moonrise, mopiness, oosperms, peonisms, poisoner, poorness, poriness, pression, primness, promines, promises, ropiness, semipoor, semipros, snoopers, snoopier, spooners, spoonier, spoonies, spoonism

7 Letter Words for Spoonerism

eonisms, erosion, espinos, impones, imposer, imposes, impress, ionomer, isomers, merinos, mersion, mispens, moisers, monoses, monosis, mooners, moonier, moonies, mooress, mopsies, morions, morones, morosis, morpion, mossier, nispero, noisome, noosers, oosperm, operons, opiners, orisons, ornises, orpines, peonism, permiss, perosis, persons, pioners, poisers, poisons, poisson, porions, porisms, poroses, porosis, prisons, proines, promine, promise, promiss, prossie, roomies, semipro, seniors, serioso, sermons, seroons, simoons, simpers, simpson, sinoper, sirpoon, snipers, snooper, sompner, soneris, sonores, sonsier, sooners, sospiro, spermin, spinors, spinose, spirems, sponsor, spooner

6 Letter Words for Spoonerism

enmoss, enosis, eonism, eosins, eproms, espino, essoin, impers, impone, impoor, impose, inmore, irones, isomer, isopor, mensis, meprin, merino, merops, mesion, mesons, messin, messor, miners, minors, mioses, misers, mispen, moires, moiser, moison, monier, monies, monose, monroe, mooner, moonie, mopers, mopier, morion, mornes, morone, morons, morose, morses, mosser, mossie, noesis, noires, noises, nooser, nooses, nosers, nosier, nosies, nosism, oneism, oonses, oopses, oosier, operon, opiner, opines, opsins, orison, orpine, orpins, osiers, osmose, osperm, ospore, ossein, pernio, pernis, persio, persis, person, pioner, pisser, poesis, poiser, poises, poison, ponier, ponies, pooris, porion, porism, pornos, porose, posers, posier, posies, posser, possie, premio, primes, primos, prinos, prions, prisms, prison, proems, proine, proins, promos, prones, proses, prosos, psions, remiss, repins, resins, respin, rimose, rinses, ripens, rissom, romeos, roneos, roomie, rooses, rosies, rosins, seisor, semois, senior, senors, sensor, sepion, sepsin, serins, sermon, serons, seroon, simeon, simoon, simper, simson, sipers, sirens, smoors, smores, sniper, snipes, snoops, snoose, snores, somers, somner, sompne, soneri, sonsie, sooner, sooper, sopors, sorose, speirs, sperms, speron, spiers, spines, spinor, spirem, spires, spooms, spoons, spoorn, spoors, spores, sprose

5 Letter Words for Spoonerism

emirs, enorm, ensis, eosin, epris, eprom, epsom, impen, imper, inerm, insep, ireos, irone, irons, meins, meris, merop, meros, meson, miens, miner, mines, minor, minos, mires, miser, mises, misos, moier, moire, moise, moner, monie, monos, moons, moops, moore, moorn, moors, moose, moper, mopes, mores, morin, morne, morns, moron, morse, moses, mosso, nemos, nisse, noemi, noire, noirs, noise, nomes, nomoi, nomos, noops, noose, nopes, norie, noris, norms, norse, noser, noses, omens, omers, omnes, oners, oorie, ooses, opens, opine, opsin, orion, ornes, ornis, orpin, osier, osmin, osone, penis, peons, peris, perms, perns, pesos, piers, piner, pines, pions, pirns, pismo, pisos, poems, poire, poise, pomes, pomos, pones, ponos, poons, poori, pores, porno, porns, poros, poser, poses, posse, press, pries, prime, primo, prims, prine, prion, prism, priss, proem, proin, promo, proms, prone, proos, prose, proso, pross, psion, reins, remop, repin, repos, resin, riems, rimes, rines, rinse, ripen, ripes, risen, rises, risps, roins, romeo, romps, roneo, rones, rooms, roons, roops, roose, ropes, roses, rosin, seirs, seism, semis, senor, senso, serin, serio, sermo, seron, siens, simon, simps, sines, siper, sipes, siren, sires, sirop, siros, sison, smirs, smoor, smore, snerp, snies, snipe, snips, snoop, snore, somne, sones, sonse, sooms, soops, sopor, sores, sorns, sosie, speir, speos, sperm, spier, spies, spine, spins, spire, spiro, spise, spoom, spoon, spoor, spore

4 Letter Words for Spoonerism

emir, emos, eons, epos, erin, eris, erns, eros, esop, imps, inro, insp, ions, ipse, ipso, ires, iron, irpe, isms, isos, mein, meio, meno, mens, meri, mero, meso, mess, mien, mine, mino, mins, mips, mire, miro, mirs, miso, miss, moes, moio, moir, mone, mono, mons, mooi, moon, moop, moor, moos, mope, mops, more, morn, moro, mors, mose, moss, nemo, neps, ness, nies, nims, nips, noes, noir, nome, noms, noop, nope, nore, nori, norm, nose, oime, omen, omer, omni, oner, ones, ooms, oons, oops, oose, open, opes, oreo, ores, oses, osse, peni, pens, peon, peri, perm, pern, pers, peso, pess, pien, pier, pies, pine, pino, pins, pion, pirn, pirs, pise, piso, piss, poem, pois, pome, pomo, poms, pone, pons, poon, poor, poos, pore, porn, pose, poss, prem, pres, prie, prim, prin, prio, prom, pron, proo, pros, psis, reim, rein, rems, reno, repo, reps, resp, riem, ries, rime, rims, rine, rins, ripe, rips, rise, risp, roes, roin, rome, romp, roms, rone, room, roon, roop, roos, rope, rose, ross, seir, seis, semi, sens, seor, sepn, seps, sero, sers, sien, sier, sime, simp, sims, sine, sins, sion, sipe, sips, sire, sirs, sise, smir, snip, snop, soir, some, soms, sone, sons, soom, soon, soop, sope, sops, sore, sori, sorn, soso, spie, spin, spor, sris

3 Letter Words for Spoonerism

eir, emo, emp, ems, ens, eom, eon, eos, epi, ern, ers, esm, esp, esr, ess, imo, imp, ins, ion, ios, ipm, ipo, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, ism, isn, iso, mei, men, mer, mes, min, mir, mis, moe, moi, mon, moo, mop, mor, mos, mri, mrs, mss, nei, neo, nep, nie, nim, nip, nis, nom, noo, nor, nos, oer, oes, oie, ois, oms, one, oni, ono, ons, oom, oon, oop, oor, oos, ope, ops, ore, ors, ose, osi, pen, per, pes, pie, pin, pir, pis, pms, poi, pom, pon, poo, por, pos, pre, prn, pro, prs, psi, rei, rem, rep, res, rie, rim, rin, rio, rip, rms, roe, roi, rom, ron, roo, ros, rpm, rps, sei, sem, sen, sep, ser, sie, sim, sin, sip, sir, sis, som, son, sop, sps, sri, sse, ssp

Definitions for Spoonerism

[1] the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow.
[2] the transposition of the initial consonants or consonant clusters of a pair of words, often resulting in an amusing ambiguity of meaning, such as hush my brat for brush my hat

Words related to Spoonerism

mistake, solecism

Words nearby Spoonerism

spoon-fed, spoon-feed, spoonbill, spoonbill catfish, spoondrift, spoonerism, spooney, spoonful, spoonworm, spoony, spoor

Origin of Spoonerism

1895–1900; after W. A. Spooner (1844–1930), English clergyman noted for such slips; see -ism

Word origin for Spoonerism

C20: named after W. A. Spooner (1844–1930), English clergyman renowned for slips of this kind

Synonyms for Spoonerism

lapsus linguae, mistake, slip of the pen, solecism, sus linguae