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spoonerism

phrase with sounds swapped between words, often intentionally for humor
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spoonerism

Summary

spoonerism is a word play[1]. spoonerism draws 1,864 Wikipedia views per month (word_play category, ranking #3 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • spoonerism's instance of is recorded as word play[3].
  • William Archibald Spooner is named after spoonerism[4].
  • spoonerism is a type of metathesis[5].
  • spoonerism's Commons category is recorded as Spoonerism[6].
  • spoonerism's said to be the same as is recorded as Contrepèterie[7].
  • spoonerism's has cause is recorded as speech error[8].

Why It Matters

spoonerism draws 1,864 Wikipedia views per month (word_play category, ranking #3 of 4).[2] spoonerism has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] spoonerism is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_spoonerism_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{spoonerism}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/spoonerism}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Contrepèterie
    Has cause → speech error
    Aliases → —
    Named after → William Archibald Spooner
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 24300, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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