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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subphoneme

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sub-phoneme
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A part of a phoneme

Etymology

From sub- + phoneme.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

subphonemes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

subphonemic

Questions

What does subphoneme mean?
A part of a phoneme
Where does subphoneme come from?
From sub- + phoneme.

How to pronounce subphoneme

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