different between phonetic vs respell

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ph?n?ticus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (ph?n?tikós).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??n?t?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /f??n?t?k/, [f??n???k]
• Hyphenation: pho?net?ic

Adjective

phonetic (not comparable)

1. Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
2. (linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes)

Derived terms

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Translations

Noun

phonetic (plural phonetics)

1. (linguistics) In such writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a phono-semantic character that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with semantic (which is usually the radical).

Translations

English

Etymology

1806, re- +? spell.

Verb

respell (third-person singular simple present respells, present participle respelling, simple past and past participle respelled or respelt)

1. (transitive) To spell again.
   • 1864, Henry Barnard ed., The American Journal of Education, v 14, Hartford: H. Barnard, p 293:

     A child is learning to spell, but no special pains are taken to make him respell, and respell, until spelled aright, every misspelled word.

   1. Spell differently, especially according to pronunciation, or by a phonetic system.
   • 1860, Joseph Emerson Worcester, A comprehensive Dictionary of the English Language, Boston: Swan, Brewer, and Tileston, p 19:

     It may be hardly necessary to respell most of the words of this class in order to give their pronunciation, as, in their common orthography, they are naturally pronounced correctly, with the appropriate sound of the g.

Derived terms

• respelled
• respelling
• respelt

Anagrams

• Pellers, Serpell, Speller, presell, speller