Ponics - phonetics

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What is the difference (assuming there is) between phonics and phonetics?

Soka · Accepted Answer

AnonymousWhat is the difference (assuming there is) between phonics and phonetics?

Phonetics is spelling corresponding to pronunciation , a way of representing vocal sounds.
Phonic is vocal sound .

Tzurinskas · Answer

Phonics shows letter-sound correspondence patterns that exist in traditional spelling (what I call tradspel). It looks at letters and letter strings (letters in sequence) and shows how sounds are commonly spelled by them. Phonics is good for teaching reading.

Phonetics is like phonics (focusing on the spelling of speech sounds) but does not involve tradspel. Phonetics is a respelling of tradspel. It applies one "spelling" per sound. It often uses special symbols to spell the sounds in words, and each symbol represents one sound. You can see phonetic spelling in dictionairy pronunciation guides. There is always a key to show the relationship of symbols to sounds.

For USA English there are 40 sounds. Truespel is the only phonetic spelling that represents the sounds of USA Engish using regular letters of the alphabet with no special symbols, so it's copy/pasteable. You can convert tradspel to phonetics using the free converter at truespel.com You can also convert web sites to phonetics as well.

Tom Zurinskas, creator of truespel

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