Editing Liquid consonant (section)

===Metathesis===
Cross-linguistically, liquids tend to be more prone to [[Metathesis (linguistics)|metathesis]] than other consonants,<ref name=":72">{{Cite journal |last=Cser |first=András |editor-first1=Patrick |editor-first2=Joseph |editor-last1=Honeybone |editor-last2=Salmons |date=2014-11-03 |title=Basic Types of Phonological Change |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199232819.013.036 |journal=Oxford Handbooks Online |doi=10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199232819.013.036|url-access=subscription }}</ref> especially long-distance metathesis.<ref name=":112">{{Citation |last=Gordon |first=Matthew K. |title=Segmental processes |date=2016-04-01 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199669004.003.0005 |work=Phonological Typology |pages=123–174 |access-date=2023-12-30 |publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199669004.003.0005 |isbn=978-0-19-966900-4 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

In Spanish, a frequent example is the behaviour of /r/ and /l/:

* Lat. [[wiktionary:crocodilus#Latin|''c'''r'''ocodīlus'']] > Span. [[wiktionary:cocodrilo#Spanish|''cocod'''r'''ilo'']] “crocodile”
* Lat. [[wiktionary:miraculum#Latin|''mī'''r'''ācu'''l'''um'']] > Span. [[wiktionary:milagro#Spanish|''mi'''l'''ag'''r'''o'']] “miracle”
* Lat. [[wiktionary:periculum#Latin|''pe'''r'''īcu'''l'''um'']] > Span. [[wiktionary:peligro#Spanish|''pe'''l'''ig'''r'''o'']] “danger”
* Lat. [[wiktionary:parabola#Latin|''pa'''r'''abo'''l'''a'']] > Span. [[wiktionary:palabra#Spanish|''pa'''l'''ab'''r'''a'']] “speech”

In English, [[wiktionary:comfortable|''comfortable'']] is frequently pronounced /ˈkʌmf.tɚ.bəl/ in rhotic varieties, even though its stem, [[wiktionary:comfort|''comfort'']], is pronounced /ˈkʌm.fɚt/, with the rhotic /ɹ/ in its original position.