devoicing

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of devoice
2. noun The process by which a sound is devoiced.

   final obstruent devoicing

Similar words

obstruent delexicalization deafening demorification deaffricatization disemvowelment dispalatalization depidginization declipping devirtualization

Often followed by

of in and is rule process gesture as or

Word family

devoice devoiced devoices