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phoneticize

[ fuh-net-uh-sahyz, foh- ]

verb (used with object)

, pho·net·i·cized, pho·net·i·ciz·ing.
  1. to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.
  2. to increase the regularity of correspondence between sound and symbol in (a writing system):

    a proposal for a new system of phoneticized English spelling.



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Other Words From

  • pho·neti·ci·zation noun
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