Blending is obviously very closely related to phonesthetics. A spoonerism is an erroneous or humorous transposition of two or more sounds in a word or phrase. A malapropism is an erroneous or humorous substitution of one word or phrase for another. An erroneous malapropism is not usually due to what is popularly referred to as a Freudian slip . The evidence suggests that malapropisms are most often caused by mere phonetic similarity.
Folk etymology is the study of fanciful but erroneous tales of the origins of words.
Because of folk etymology, kittycorner derives from catercorner . Most sound symbols are bound to a specific language. However, philologists have proposed some universal sound symbols. Abrubt sounds and acts are often represented by plosives. The sound of an object whizzing by in the air is often represented by fricatives.