phoneticize

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pho⋅net⋅i⋅cize

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

–verb (used with object), -cized, -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.

Also, especially British, pho⋅net⋅i⋅cise.

Origin:
phonetic + -ize

Related forms:

pho⋅net⋅i⋅ci⋅za⋅tion, noun

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