Table 1: Intext of '-le' and '-er' Texture-words

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-double-'le'

-complex-'le'

'-er'

 

-double-'le'

-complex-'le'

'-er'

babble

 

batter

middle

mantle

mutter

bauble

 

bitter

mottle

 

 

baffle

 

 

muddle

mingle

 

brittle

bristle

 

muffle

 

 

bubble

bumble

blubber

 

mumble

murmur

bustle

bundle

bicker

muzzle

 

 

chuckle

 

 

nestle

 

 

coddle

 

cluster

nettle

 

 

cripple

crinkle

dinner

nipple

 

 

cuddle

crumple

damper

nuzzle

 

 

 

dangle

 

paddle

palpable

pander

dapple

 

dapper

pebble

 

 

dawdle

 

 

petal

 

pamper

dazzle

 

 

pickle

pimple

patter

 

dimple

 

puddle

 

 

doodle

dwindle

 

 

 

quaver

double

 

 

 

 

quiver

draggle

 

 

 

rankle

 

dribble

 

 

rattle

 

 

drivel

 

 

ripple

(w)rinkle

 

feeble

foible

fever

rattle

 

 

 

 

flatter

ruffle

 

robber

fiddle

 

flicker

rubble

rumble

rubber

flannel

 

flutter

rustle

 

 

fickle

fumble

glimmer

 

 

saunter

gaggle

garble

glitter

 

 

scatter

gabble [Dickens]

gentle

 

scribble

 

shatter

giggle

gurgle

 

shackle

 

shimmer

gobble

 

 

 

 

shiver

grapple

 

 

snuggle

sparkle

shudder

griddle

 

 

squabble

sprinkle

simmer

grizzle

grumble

 

squiggle

 

simper

guzzle

 

 

 

 

smother

heckle

 

 

stipple

stimple

summer

hobble

humble

 

stubble

stumble

supper

huddle

 

 

struggle

strangle

scamper

hovel

 

hover

 

swindle

stagger

 

 

jabber

supple

simple

swelter

jiggle

jingle

 

tangle

 

tatter

 

jumble

 

tickle

tinkle

tender

juggle

jungle

 

tittle-tattle

 

texture

 

 

linger

toddle [Dickens, Eliot]

 

 toddler

little

 

litter

topple

 

 

 

 

lumber

twaddle

 

 

     

trammle

trample

 

     

trickle

tremble

totter

     

 

twinkle

 

     

 

tumble

utter

     

wobble

trundle

whisper

     

 

 

wither

     

 

 

winter

           

 

Minor Sound-Categories and Unclassifiables

grudge

begrudge

drudge

mother

lingam

complex

barren

rotten

pasture

chillblains

ferment

garrulous

gnarl

 

 

hubbub

hubba-hubba

mollify

mastication

nitcitation

niggardly

middling

inkling

polish

ruffian

rugged

shrill

squeamish

sullen

torpid

turbid

tremulous

emboss

gossamer

varnish

yearning