phonetically
/fəˈnɛtɪkli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In the way it sounds, particularly: written to describe the sound rather than the dictionary spelling.
Example Sentences
- "The hard words in the passage have been spelled phonetically."
- "Equipment on a warship set to be upgraded or disposed of was given the code AT-6, or phonetically “eighty-six”."
Etymology
Etymology tree English phonetic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English phonetically From phonetic + -ally.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /fəˈnɛtɪkli/
- British English: /fəˈnɛtɪkli/
Inflected Forms
more phonetically (comparative)
most phonetically (superlative)