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.

Origin of phoneticize

1
  • Also especially British, pho·net·i·cise .

Other words from phoneticize

  • pho·net·i·ci·za·tion, noun

Words Nearby phoneticize

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