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There are also a few " natural " instances: English words unconsciously created by switching letters around.

The French chaise longue (" long chair ") became the American " chaise lounge " by metathesis ( transposition of letters and / or sounds ).

It has also been speculated that the English " curd " comes from the Latin crudus (" raw ").

Similarly, the ancient English word for bird was " brid ".