9 Letter Words for Phonetics
phonetics, sphenotic
8 Letter Words for Phonetics
chopines, echinops, ensophic, epochist, notechis, phitones, phonetic, phoniest, ponciest, postiche, potiches, siphonet
7 Letter Words for Phonetics
chipset, chitons, chitose, chopine, chopins, contise, coptine, echoist, entopic, ethions, ethiops, ethnics, henotic, heptoic, histone, hospice, incepts, inchest, inspect, isoneph, nepotic, noetics, notches, notices, ophites, pectins, peincts, penochi, pentoic, peshito, phocine, phonics, phonies, photics, pinches, pitches, poetics, pointes, pontics, ponties, potches, potiche, pschent, psocine, scopine, section, septoic, sphenic, sthenic, technos, toisech
6 Letter Words for Phonetics
centos, cestoi, ceston, cheson, chines, chinos, chinse, chints, chiton, choise, chopin, chosen, cohens, conite, contes, copens, copies, copist, coptis, cosine, cotise, encist, eoiths, epochs, epoist, espino, ethics, ethion, ethiop, ethnic, ethnos, histon, honest, hostie, icones, incept, incest, inches, insect, inshoe, instep, instop, itches, nepits, netops, nicest, niches, nichts, noctis, noetic, nosite, nostic, notice, octine, oecist, onsite, ophite, opines, optics, oscine, ostein, pectin, peinct, phenic, pheons, phones, phonet, phonic, photic, picote, picots, pieton, pinche, pinots, pintos, pisote, piston, pithes, pithos, pitons, poetic, pointe, points, ponces, ponies, pontes, pontic, pontie, posnet, postic, postie, postin, potche, potins, potsie, schone, scient, scopet, sencio, sepion, septic, shinto, sintoc, siphon, sithen, snitch, snithe, sophic, sopite, sothic, spetch, spinet, spinto, stench, stheno, stopen, techno, theics, theins, tiches, tocsin, tonics, tonies, tonish, tophes, topics
5 Letter Words for Phonetics
ceint, centi, cento, cents, cesti, cetin, chest, chien, chine, chino, chins, chint, chios, chips, chits, chons, chops, chose, cines, cions, cites, cohen, coins, coits, cones, const, conte, copei, copen, copes, copis, copse, cosen, coset, cosie, cosin, coste, cotes, cothe, coths, csnet, enoch, entsi, eoith, eosin, ephoi, epics, epist, epoch, escot, eshin, estoc, estop, ethic, ethos, heist, hents, hints, hoise, hoist, hones, hopes, hopis, hosen, hotei, hoten, hsien, iches, icons, inept, insep, inset, neist, nepit, netop, niche, nicht, nitch, nitos, nocht, nohes, noise, nopes, notch, notes, oches, oints, onces, oncet, onset, ontic, opens, ophic, opine, opsin, optic, oscin, pechs, pecht, pecos, penis, pents, peons, pesto, petos, pheon, phies, phone, phons, phose, phots, picot, piest, piets, pinch, pines, pinot, pinte, pinto, pints, pions, pisco, piste, pitch, piths, piton, poche, poets, point, poise, ponce, pones, ponts, posit, potch, potes, potin, psion, scent, scion, scone, scope, scote, secno, senit, senti, sepic, seton, shent, shice, shine, shipt, shone, shope, shote, sicht, sient, sieth, since, sitch, sithe, snipe, snite, socht, sonce, sonic, sophi, sotie, spect, spent, spice, spine, spite, stchi, stech, stein, steno, stich, stine, stion, stipe, stipo, stoep, stoic, stone, stope, techs, tecon, tench, tenio, tenso, theic, thein, thens, theos, thine, thins, thisn, thone, those, tices, tiens, tines, toise, tones, tonic, topes, tophe, tophi, tophs, topic, tsine
4 Letter Words for Phonetics
cens, cent, ceps, cest, ceti, chen, chin, chip, chis, chit, chon, chop, cine, cion, cipo, cist, cite, cito, cits, coes, coin, coit, cone, coni, cons, cont, cope, cops, copt, cose, cosh, cost, cote, coth, cots, echo, echt, econ, ecto, ento, eons, epic, epit, epos, esop, etch, eths, etic, eton, hens, hent, heps, hept, hesp, hest, hets, hics, hies, hine, hins, hint, hipe, hips, hipt, hisn, hist, hits, hoes, hoin, hoit, hone, hons, hont, hope, hopi, hops, hose, hosp, host, hote, hoti, hots, ices, icho, ichs, icon, inch, insp, inst, into, iocs, ions, ipse, ipso, isnt, isth, itch, neps, nesh, nest, neth, neti, nets, nice, nies, nips, nist, nito, nits, noes, nope, nose, nosh, note, nots, nsec, oche, ochs, ocht, oeci, oint, once, ones, onst, opec, open, opes, opts, otic, otis, pech, pecs, peho, pehs, peni, pens, pent, peon, peso, pest, peto, pets, phis, phit, phon, phos, phot, pice, pich, pico, pics, pict, pien, pies, piet, pine, pino, pins, pint, pion, pise, pish, piso, pist, pith, pits, pnce, poet, pohs, pois, pone, pons, pont, pose, posh, post, pote, poti, pots, psec, scet, scho, scop, scot, sech, seco, sect, seit, sent, sepn, sept, seth, shet, shin, ship, shit, shoe, shop, shot, shpt, sice, sich, sien, sine, sinh, sion, sipe, site, sith, snip, snit, snop, snot, soce, sone, sope, soph, soth, spec, spet, spic, spie, spin, spit, spot, sten, step, stie, stop, tche, tech, tens, then, thin, thio, this, thon, thos, tice, tich, tics, tien, ties, tinc, tine, tins, tipe, tips, toch, tocs, toes, tone, tons, tope, toph, topi, tops, tose, tosh, tshi
3 Letter Words for Phonetics
cen, ceo, cep, che, chi, chn, cho, chs, cie, cis, cit, cns, con, cop, cos, cot, cpi, cpo, cps, cpt, csi, csp, cst, cte, ctn, cto, cts, ech, eco, ect, ehs, enc, ens, eon, eos, epi, esc, esp, est, etc, eth, hei, hen, heo, hep, hes, het, hic, hie, hin, hip, his, hit, hoc, hoe, hoi, hon, hop, hos, hot, hts, ice, ich, ihp, ihs, inc, ins, int, ion, ios, iph, ipo, ips, ise, ish, isn, iso, ist, its, nco, nei, neo, nep, net, nie, nip, nis, nit, noh, nos, not, nth, och, oct, oes, ohs, oie, ois, one, oni, ons, ont, ope, ops, opt, ose, osi, otc, pci, pct, pec, peh, pen, pes, pet, phi, pho, pht, pic, pie, pin, pis, pit, poh, poi, pon, pos, pot, psi, pst, pte, pts, sch, sci, sct, sec, sei, sen, sep, set, she, shi, sho, shp, sht, sic, sie, sin, sip, sit, soc, son, sop, sot, spt, tch, tcp, tec, ten, tes, the, tho, tic, tie, tin, tip, tis, toc, toe, toi, ton, top, tos, tph, tpi, tps, tsh, tsi, tsp
Definitions for Phonetics
[1] the science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription. Compare acoustic phonetics, articulatory phonetics, auditory phonetics, physiological phonetics.
[2] the phonetic system or the body of phonetic facts of a particular language.
[3] the symbols used to represent the speech sounds of a language.
[4] Also pho·net·i·cal. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
[5] corresponding to pronunciation: phonetic transcription.
[6] agreeing with pronunciation: phonetic spelling.
[7] concerning or involving the discrimination of nondistinctive elements of a language. In English, certain phonological features, as length and aspiration, are phonetic but not phonemic.
[8] (in Chinese writing) a written element that represents a sound and is used in combination with a radical to form a character.
[9] (functioning as singular) the science concerned with the study of speech processes, including the production, perception, and analysis of speech sounds from both an acoustic and a physiological point of view. This science, though capable of being applied to language studies, technically excludes linguistic considerations Compare phonology
[10] of or relating to phonetics
[11] denoting any perceptible distinction between one speech sound and another, irrespective of whether the sounds are phonemes or allophones Compare phonemic (def. 2)
[12] conforming to pronunciation phonetic spelling
Words related to Phonetics
utterance, accent, diction, enunciation, articulation, twang, elocution, speech, drawl, phonology, syllabification, phonemics, orthoepy
Words nearby Phonetics
phonetic, phonetic alphabet, phonetic law, phonetician, phoneticize, phonetics, phonetist, phonevision, phoney, phoniatrics, phonic
Origin of Phonetics
1820–30; < New Latin phōnēticus < Greek phōnētikós vocal, equivalent to phōnēt(ós ) to be spoken (verbid of phōneîn to speak) + -ikos -ic
Words that may be confused with Phonetics
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, phoneticfanatic, phonetic
Other words from Phonetics
pho·net·i·cal·ly , adverb
non·pho·net·ic , adjective
non·pho·net·i·cal , adjective
non·pho·net·i·cal·ly , adverb
un·pho·net·ic , adjective
un·pho·net·i·cal , adjective
un·pho·net·i·cal·ly , adverb
Word origin for Phonetics
C19: from New Latin phōnēticus, from Greek phōnētikos, from phōnein to make sounds, speak
Synonyms for Phonetics
accent, diction, utterance, articulation, drawl, elocution, enunciation, orthoepy, phonemics, phonology, speech, syllabification, twang
