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.

Other Words From

• pho·neti·ci·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of phoneticize¹

phonetic + -ize

Example Sentences

My initials are DGLB, and my parents used to phoneticize it as a nickname to “Douglby.”

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