What's That Flat?

Letter Shift

A word or phrase becomes another when one letter is shifted to a new position. For example: ONE trollop TWO roll top .

LETTER SHIFT (*6, 6)

When ONE was just a little TWO,
In Illiers he lived and played.
Then, as those times began to fade,
He went in search of temps perdu.

=Belles Lettres

The solution: ONE Proust TWO sprout .

If the letter is shifted only one space (as complaint compliant ), the puzzle is traditionally classified as a metathesis instead.

If the letter is shifted from the beginning to the end of the word, the puzzle is a special type of letter shift called a head-to-tail shift.

In a reversed letter shift, a word or phrase becomes another when one letter is shifted to a new position and the result is reversed. For example: ONE ignited gniteid TWO dieting .

In a sound shift, a word or phrase becomes another when one sound is shifted to a new position. For example: ONE umber TWO bummer .