Vowel swap transposals.

Vowel swap transposals. TRAILS-TRIALS and MANTEL-MENTAL are examples of 6-letter vowel swaptransposals (VSTs), the 2 vowels swapping places and the 4 consonantsremaining in situ. Here, I search for 6-letter VSTs having 2, 3, 4, 5and 6 vowels respectively, all the vowels changing places with othervowels. Previous items on letter swap transposals (WW91038, 91089,91252) deal solely with swapping 2 letters according to their positionsin a word: e.g 3-6 CANTOR-CARTON and 5-6 ALBION--ALBINO, irrespective ofwhether the 2 letters are consonants, vowels or one of each. They do notinclude any 6-letter/2-vowel VSTs. This is not surprising as VSTsinvolving familiar words are scarce. In most cases it is necessary toturn to more obscure words or to locational names (identified below bycountry). Pluralised locational names, where the name appears in morethan one country, also prove valuable. A few of the VSTs are synonyms and these are identified by anasterisk *. In many cases, only a single example of a particular VST VST VLT (Very Large Telescope)Survey TelescopeVST Vietnam Standard Time (Gmt+0700)VST Virtual Studio Technology (Midiware music production technology)was found.All are solid words. The lists of words read across the page. Some of the unreferenced words can be found ill the Oxford EnglishDictionary Oxford English Dictionary(OED) great multi-volume historical dictionary of English. [Br. Hist.: Caught in the Web of Words]See : Lexicography , Second Edition; some were found via Google. Locational namesare taken from The United States Board on Geographic Names The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) is an American federal body whose purpose is to establish and maintain uniform usage of geographic names throughout the U.S. government. OverviewThe Board was created in 1890; its present form derives from a law of 1947. . Sources forthe referenced words are given at the end. 2 VOWELS + 4 CONSONANTS Considering the 5 major vowels A, E, I, O and U, there are 10combinations of 2 different vowels: ae, ai, ao, au, ei, eo, eu, io, iu,and ou. For each of these 10 combinations, there are 15 positions which2 vowels can occupy in a 6-letter word: positions 1 and 2, 1-3, 1-4,1-5, 1-6, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6. This makes atotal of 10 x 15 = 150 arrangements of 2 different vowels in6-1etter/2-vowel words. The 19 arrangements for which no VSTs were foundare shown in brackets following the 'positions' headings. positions 1 and 2 (ao, eu, io, iu) AERTHS (ploughings) EARTHS EIRTHS (Eirth = Australian surname) IERTHS (n. earths) AINTHS (Himalayan nettles) IANTHS (Ianth = a Christian name) EORTHS (v. earths--edd) OERTHS (Oerth = a US surname) AURTHS (a US surname) UARTHS (Uarth = a Christian name) OUGHTS UOGHTS (a German surname) positions 1 and 3 (eu) APERCH (perching--Web2) EPARCH ep��arch?n. Eastern Orthodox ChurchA bishop or metropolitan.[Medieval Greek eparkhos, from Greek, governor, ruler, from eparkhein, to rule over : ep-, epi- (governor of a Greek admin, division) ADUNGS (Ghana & Laos) UDANGS (Bangladesh & Malaysia) IRONGS (Kenya & Malaysia) ORINGS (Guyana & Philippines) AWILDS (rules with power) IWALDS (wields) ELISTS (n. eye-lists = defects) ILESTS (v. y'lasts = carries out) ISUNGS (Papua NG & Nigeria) USINGS ARONGS (Arong--India & Malaysia) ORANGS ERONGS (Cameroon & Nigeria) ORENGS (Indonesia & Vietnam) OBUNGS (Nigeria & Philippines) UBONGS (N. Korea & S. Korea) positions 1 and 4 (au) AMBERS EMBARS (imprisons) ELLICK * (the red gurnard, a fish) ILLECK * (the same fish) INTOLL (a type of payment) ONTILL (until) ANTICK (antique) INTACK (intake) ERROLL (a surname) ORRELL (a surname) IMPUNG (impugn im��pugn?tr.v. im��pugned, im��pugn��ing, im��pugnsTo attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument: impugn a political opponent's record. ) UMPING (OSPD OSPD Official Scrabble Players Dictionary ) ACTONS (an acton is a type of jacket) OCTANS (a star constellation) EMBULL (to publish in a papal bull UMBELL (umbel = a type of flat-topped inflorescence inflorescenceCluster of flowers on one or a series of branches, which together make a large showy blossom. Categories depend on the arrangement of flowers on an elongated main axis (peduncle) or on sub-branches from the main axis, and on the timing and position of flowering. ) OLLUCK (Pulliam) ULLOCK (in Cumbria, UK) positions 1 and 5 (ai, iu) ANGLES ENGLAS (angel) ENCLIN (bowed down) INCLEN INCLEN International Clinical Epidemiology Network (ME: to hint at--Cham) IRCHON (a hedgehog) ORCHIN (a surname) ASTROY (to destroy) OSTRAY (astray) ENGLOT (to gulp down) ONGLET (the claw of a petal) URCHON (urchin) ORCHUN (a mythical sea monster, enemy of the whale) ANCRUM (a village in Scotland) UNCRAM (Web2) ENCLUS (OF: an anchorite) UNCLES positions 1 and 6 (eu, io, ou) ALKSNE (Latvia) ELKSNA (Latvia) ASSCHU (a German surname) USSCHA (n. issue) ISSCHU (v. issue) USSCHI (a Dutch Christian name) ASHSHI (Libya) ISHSHA (Jordan) ENNCHI (Tunisia) INNCHE (Aaron Innche lived in Sussex Co., NJ in 1847) ARMSTO (surname of Brazilian film star) ORMSTA (Sweden) ERYNGO e��ryn��go?n. pl. e��ryn��goesAny of several plants of the genus Eryngium having spiny leaves and dense clusters of small bluish flowers. (sea-holly) ORYNGE (orange) positions 2 and 3 WAELTH * (wealth) WEALTH * FAUNTS (infants) FUANTS (fiants) REULLS * (n. rules) RUELLS * (n. rules) GOULDS (Gould is a surname) GUOLDS (golds) FAINTS FIANTS (dung of badger, fox etc.) HEIGHS (exclamations) HIEGHS (n. highs) BIONGS (Ghana & Philippines) BOINGS (boing = a reverberating sound) LAONGS (Laos & Malaysia) LOANGS (India & Philippines) WEORDS * (words) WOERDS * (words) SIUNGS (Malaysia & Tajikistan) SUINGS positions 2 and 4 HARELD HERALD BABULS (thorny mimosas) BUBALS (antelopes) REDUST RUDEST WORULD * (world) WUROLD * (world) SAWISH (Web2) SIWASH (a N. American Indian) LEVINS (bright lights) LIVENS BILONG (belong) BOLING (formation of the bole of a tree) CAROLS CORALS TENORS TONERS PIPULS (pipul is an E. Indian tree) PUPILS positions 2 and 5 (iu) MANTEL MENTAL JAMBUL (species of Eugenia) JUMBAL (a kind of cake) BESTUD BUSTED BASCIN (basin) BISCAN (a native of Biscay) LENTIL lentil,leguminous Old World annual plant (Lens culinaris) with whitish or pale blue flowers. Its pods contain two greenish-brown or dark-colored seeds, also called lentils, which when fully ripe are ground into meal or used in soups and stews. LINTEL PONTIS (France) PINTOS (piebald piebalda horse coat color of large, distinct patches of black and white. The patches are irregular in shape. horses) CARBON CORBAN cor��ban?n.A sacrifice made to God by the ancient Hebrews at the Temple in Jerusalem.[Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek korb (ancient Hebrew vow to God) CENTOS (Community ENTerprise OS) A Linux distribution that is built from the same open source modules in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is a commercial product. Since Linux is open source, the OS can be copied and distributed without infringing on any distributor's rights (pieces of patchwork) CONTES contes?n.Plural of conte. (short stories) COSTUS (an oriental aromatic plant) CUSTOS (a guardian, warden) positions 2 and 6 BATCHE (batch) BETCHA CALFRU (calf) CULFRA (see 'bilewhit') MENTHU (an Egyptian deity) MUNTHE (a surname) LONGDU (China) LUNGDO (China) RASHTI (a liquor in Nepal & Tibet) RISHTA (in Russia, the guinea worm) REMPLI (v. filled up) RIMPLE rim��ple?n.A fold; a wrinkle.tr. & intr.v. rim��pled, rim��pling, rim��plesTo wrinkle or form wrinkles.[Middle English rimpil, from Old English hrympel.] (a wrinkle) SINGLO (a green China tea) SONGLI (Norway) PANCHO * (poncho) PONCHA * (poncho) PELTRO (It. 'pewter') POLTRE (poultry) SINDHU (an admin. district of Nepal) SUNDHI (a Sanskrit linguistic term) positions 3 and 4 SPAERS (those who foretell fore��tell?tr.v. fore��told , fore��tell��ing, fore��tellsTo tell of or indicate beforehand; predict.fore��tell ) SPEARS FLAUNT FLUANT (fluent) CREULS (v. crawls) CRUELS (Australian slang: spoils) FLOURS FLUORS (n. flows, fluxes, streams) PLAINT PLAINT, Eng. law. The exhibiting of any action, real or personal, in writing; the party making his plaint is called the plaintiff. (lamentation lamentation,n a prayer expressing affliction or sorrow and requesting defense, retribution, or comfort. ) PLIANT THEIRS * THIERS * (theirs) PRIONS (saw-billed petrels) PROINS (v. prunes) THAONG (Cambodia) THOANG (Vietnam) PREOST * (priest) PROEST * (priest) BLIUNG (Indonesia) BLUING (to make blue) positions 3 and 5 GRATES GRETAS (girls called Greta) CHAMUR (chamber) CHUMAR (Hindi- a worker in leather) FLEXUS (flex, a point of inflexion inflection, inflexionthe act of bending inward, or the state of being bent inward. ) FLUXES GLOTUN * (glutton glutton:see wolverine. ) GLUTON * (glutton) SPANIL (spaniel) SPINAL PRECIS PRICES TRIPOS TROPIS (part of a sponge-spicule) SCATOL (an aromatic substance) SCOTAL (a type of ale festival) CREMOR (a thick liquid) CROMER (a Norfolk town, UK) FRIGUS (cold) FRUGIS (fruit--Chain) positions 3 and 6 STALLE (stole = p. tense 'steal') STELLA CHANDU (prepared opium--Web2) CHUNDA (Austral aus��tral?adj.Of, relating to, or coming from the south.[Latin austrlis, from auster, austr-, south. . slang: to vomit) THUMBE (thumb) THEMBU (Xhosa-speaking pop. of SE South Africa) CHOLLU (Iran) CHULLO (Pulliam) KHARKI (khaki) KHIRKA (a dervish's robe) GRESLI (grizzly) GRISLE (horror, terror) TRISTO (trist) TROSTI (trust) CHALLO (a fabric) CHOLLA chollaAny cactus of the genus Opuntia, native to North and South America, having needlelike spines partly enclosed in a papery sheath. Chollas vary greatly in size and have small flowers, sometimes chartreuse and inconspicuous, but usually of more striking colors. O. (species of Opuntia opuntiaAny plant of the genus Opuntia, the largest genus of the cactus family. Native to the New World, it has characteristic small bristles with backward-facing barbs. ) PREGGO (pregnant) PROGGE (prog = food provisions) CHISTU (Zambia) CHUSTI (Greece) positions 4 and 5 (ao) SPHAER * (sphere) SPHEAR * (sphere) SHREIK * (shriek) SHRIEK * CHRIOS (Ireland) CHROIS (Ireland) STRAIL (a blanket) STRIAL (striate--Web2) SCHEON (shoe) SCHOEN (v. shine) STRIUS (S. Africa) STRUIS (Pulliam) STRAUN (New Zealand) STRUAN (UK) SCHEUD * (showed) SCHUED * (showed) SCHOUT * (shout) SCHOUT * (shout) positions 4 and 6 SCHAME (shame) SCHEMA (scheme) DZHAGU (Azerbaijan) DZHUGA (Azerbaijan) SPRECU (v. speak) SPRUCE CHHOTU (Pakistan) CHHUTO (Pakistan) STRACI (Czechoslovakia) STRICA (n. streak) THREFI (a measure of corn etc.) THRIFE (thrive) STRIMO (Germany) STROMI (Greece) SCRATO (a hermaphrodite hermaphrodite(hərmăf`rədīt'), animal or plant that normally possesses both male and female reproductive systems, producing both eggs and sperm. ) SCROTA (pl. of scrotum scrotum:see testis. ) STRENO (n. strain) STRONE (to urinate urinate/uri��nate/ (u��ri-nat) to discharge urine. u��ri��natev.To excrete urine.urinateto void urine. ) STRIKU (Latvia) STRUKI (Belarus) positions 5 and 6 (ao, au, eo, io, iu, ou) MCCRAE (a surname) MCCREA (Canada) TYSSEU * (tissue) TYSSUE * (tissue) VRYSAI (Greece) VRYSIA (Cyprus) VNSLEJ * (a. unsly = awkward) VNSLIE * (a. unsly = awkward) From hereon here��on?adv.On this; hereupon. , systematic breakdowns of the positions of the vowelshave not been attempted. 3 VOWELS + 3 CONSONANTS Progressing to 6-letter words with 3 vowels, it is possible to findVSTs in which all three vowels vacate their original positions, theconsonants remaining in situ as before. The triple vowel swaps belowillustrate the 10 combinations of 3 different vowels: aei, aeo, aeu,aio, aiu, aou, eio, eiu, eou, and iou respectively. RAPIER REPAIR MAORIS MOIRAS (girls called Moira) SIMONE SOMENI (to summon) LISOUN (?glimpse, trace) LUSION (a playing, game or pastime) MALONE (a surname) MELANO (opposite of albino) SALUIS (v. salute) SILAUS (a saxifrage saxifrage(săk`sĭfrĭj), common name for several members of the Saxifragaceae, a family of widely varying herbs, shrubs, and small trees of cosmopolitan distribution. genus) LINEUS (nemertean worm genus) LUNIES CERURA (a moth genus) CURARE curare(kyrär`ē), any of a variety of substances originally used as arrow poisons by Native South Americans in hunting and in warfare. COPULA copula/cop��u��la/ (kop��u-lah)1. any connecting part or structure.2. a median ventral elevation on the embryonic tongue formed by union of the second pharyngeal arches and playing a role in tongue development. (a connection, a link) CUPALO (cupola) POPULE (v. people) PUPELO (cider brandy in New England) 4 VOWELS + 2 CONSONANTS Onward to 6-letter words with 4 vowels. These 5 VSTs illustrate the5 combinations of 4 different vowels: aeio, aeiu, aeou, aiou and eiourespectively. EVODIA (a plant genus--dfpf) OVIDAE (sheep & goat family--Web2) MIAOUS (miaows) MOUIAS (Algeria) MAIEUR (mayor) MIAUER (Pulliam) DIEGOU (Senegal) DOUGIE AERUGO (verdigris verdigris(vûr`dəgrēs'), one of three copper acetates: blue verdigris, Cu(CH3COO)2·CuO·6H2O; green verdigris, 2Cu(CH3COO)2·CuO·6H2 ) OURAGE (overage OverageApples mainly to convertible securities. Difference between how much common stock one party must sell and the other wishes to buy for the same amount of convertible in a swap. = work) One vowel duplicated So far, all the vowels in a particular word have been different.With 4 vowels, however, it is also possible to find VSTs in which one ofthe vowels appears twice and which therefore contain just 3 differentvowels instead of 4. The 2 identical vowels swap places with theremaining 2 vowels. There are 30 combinations of 4 vowels in which oneof the vowels is duplicated, starting with aaei: AIRANE (Morocco) IARENA (Papua NG) APODIA (absence of feet--Web2) OPADAI (Guyana) ADIELE (Nigeria) EDEILA (Algeria) PEONIE (peony peony(pē`ənē), any plant of the genus Paeonia of the family Ranunculaceae (buttercup family, although placed in the order Dilleniales as a separate family, the Paeoniaceae, by many modern botanists), mostly Eurasian species ) POENEI (Romania) BAILIE bail��ie?n.1. A Scottish municipal officer corresponding to an English alderman.2. Obsolete A bailiff.[Middle English baillie, town official (bailiff) BIELAI (Czechoslovakia) FEIORI (Papua NG) FIEIRO (Spain) LAOWOE (Indonesia) LOEWAO (Indonesia) MEIDOO (Maidu tribe--Hod.) MOODIE (moody; also = moudie, the mole) UALUES (valves) EULAUS (Germany & Czechosl.) LEULUI (Romania) LUILEU (Chile) AVAREO (DR Congo) OVERAA (Norway) ARIPAU (Papua NG) IRAPUA (Brazil) SELOEA (Indonesia) SOLEAE (OE: sole of foot) EUNICE IENECU (a pueblo on Rio Grande-Hod) DAIMIO dai��mi��oor dai��my��o ?n. pl. daimio or dai��mi��os also daimyo or dai��my��osA feudal lord of Japan who was a large landowner. (ancient Japanese title) DIOMAI (Guinea) BILIEU (France) BULEII (Romania) ATIORO (Togo) OTOARI (Angola) ENDOUO (Congo Rep.) ONDEOU (Congo Rep.) UAMURI (Ethiopia) IUMARU (French Polynesia) OMEUKU (DR Congo) UMUOKE (Nigeria) AUALLE (afalle- to fall) UAELLA (a water well) TAROUA (Morocco) TURAAO (Papua NG) GEAUNE (France) GUEENA (Australia) EUNOES (ancient Persian name) OENEUS (a beetle--Nom Zoo) ARICIU (Romania) IRACUI (Brazil) ISIODU (Nigeria) OSUIDI (Stanley Osuidi lives in UK) ONOTAU (Cook is.) UNATOO (Japan) DIOULO (Ivory Coast) DOUOLI (Guinea) OUNAKU (Estonia) UONUKA (Russia) LIUHOU (China) LUOHUI (China) Two vowels duplicated VSTs with 4 vowels also come with 2 each of 2 different vowels. 9of the 10 combinations of 2 different vowels (all except eo) areillustrated here by tautonymic VSTs. SAESAE (so so) SEASEA (Papua NG) HAUHAU (a religious sect) HUAHUA (Peru) PIOPIO (Chile) POIPOI (a Polynesian dish) MAIMAI (type of Maori shelter) MIAMIA (Australia) KEIKEI (Cameroon) KIEKIE A kiekie is a Polynesian word, in some languages written as ʻieʻie. (a New Zealand plant) PIUPIU (dressed flax) PUIPUI (Papua NG) PAOPAO (a Samoan canoe--Web3) POAPOA (Venezuela) ELUELU (Nigeria) ULEULE (Somalia) BOUBOU bou��bou?n.A long, loose-fitting African garment.[French, from Malinke bubu.] (an African shrike--Web3) BUOBUO (Philippines) VSTs with 2 each of 2 different vowels can also be found amongstnon-tautonymic words. ASIAIN (Spain) ISAIAN (Pakistan) BEINEI (China) BIENIE (Poland) ZOUTOU (Central African Rep.) ZUOTUO (Liberia) ARAPOO (Uganda) OROPAA (French Polynesia) KEOLEO (Laos) KOELOE (Indonesia) ARAUMU (French Polynesia) URUAMA (Nigeria) MIONIO (France) MOINOI (Kenya) 5 VOWELS + 1 CONSONANT All vowels different There is just one combination of 5 different vowels: aeiou. BIAOUE (Senegal) BOIEAU (Belgium) IOUEAS (plural of Iouea--WW93085 and 2004044) OUAIES (locations called Ouaie--2003048) One vowel duplicated There are 20 combinations of 5 vowels in which just one vowelappears twice. The combinations aaeiu and aaiou are illustrated here.Note that the vowels in BOUAIA are derived from those in BAOUAI bymoving the first A to the end of the word. MAUEIA (Angola) MEAIAU (Brazil) AOUDAI (Algeria) OUADIA (Senegal) MAAOUI (Tunisia) MOUAIA (Algeria) BAOUAI (Central African Rep) BOUAIA (Morocco) A word may have more than one VST. Such is the case with MEAIAU,AUEINA and SOUAAI. MEAIAU (Brazil) MAIUEA (Mozambique) MEAIAU MAUEIA (Angola) AUEINA (Libya) IAUANE (Mozambique) AUEINA UAIANE (Mozambique) SOUAAI (Tunisia) SAOUIA (Ivory Coast) SOUAAI SAIOUA (Ivory Coast) Two vowels duplicated There are 30 combinations of 5 vowels in which 2 of the vowels eachappear twice. Both these examples illustrate the vowel combinationaauui. IURAUA (Brazil) UARIAU (Brazil) MAUUAI (East Timor) MUAIUA (Mozambique) 6 VOWELS + 0 CONSONANTS 6-letter/6-vowel words are themselves somewhat of a rarity, so itis a bonus to find that they include an example of a VST. Composed of 3duplicated vowels, these two words are tautonyms The following is a list of tautonyms: taxonomic names in which the genus and species names are the same. These are allowed in zoology, but not in botany, where the genus and species names must differ (though differences as small as one letter are permitted, as in the Jujube . AOUAOU (Mauritania) OUAOUA (Chad) REFERENCES Cham Chambers English Dictionary dfpf A Dictionary of the Flowering Plants and Ferns by J.C. 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