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👶 Baby babbling 🗣️ Speech defect
lallation

lallation

9.9
Difficulty making the sound L, sometimes using L instead of R
  • noun
  • /ˌlæˈleɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : lallación
  • The speech therapist worked with the child to correct his lallation.

Examples

  • Parents often notice lallation when their young children are learning to speak clearly.

  • Many children grow out of lallation as they develop their speech skills.

  • An untreated lallation can affect a person's confidence when speaking in public.

  • The child exhibited signs of lallation when trying to pronounce words.

  • Parents often notice lallation when their young children are learning to speak clearly.

  • An untreated lallation can affect a person's confidence when speaking in public.

  • Many children grow out of lallation as they develop their speech skills.

Synonyms

lambdacism
vslallation
  • Specialized
9.9

A speech problem where someone has trouble saying the L sound clearly

focuses on wrong L articulation or R pronounced as L instead
misarticulation
vslallation
  • Specialized
8.6

Saying speech sounds the wrong way, often in children

is specific to L sound errors rather than general pronunciation problems

How Clear

enunciation
3 5.5
lallation
  • Specialized
9.9
misarticulation
  • Specialized
8.6

Surface Forms

lallation singular
lallations plural

Morphology

lallation = lallate (transparent) = lall + ation

The noun names the condition/action derived from the verb 'lallate' (misarticulation or babbling), a regular derivation.

Etymology

Lallation also names a speech problem about the 'l' sound that can make speech hard to understand. It comes from the same root lallare 'to say la-la', so you can remember it is about wrong or mixed-up 'l' and 'r' sounds.