Excrescence (phonology)

In phonology, epenthesis (; ) means the addition of one or more sounds to a word, especially to the interior of a word. The word epenthesis comes from "in addition to" and en "in" and thesis "putting". Epenthesis may be divided into two types: excrescence, for the addition of a consonant, and anaptyxis (; from ; also svarabhakti) for the addition of a vowel.