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noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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noun

Meaning 1

A pronunciation that has been modified from its traditional form in order to reflect (one or another interpretation of) the spelling of the word in question.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The audio contained some spelling pronunciations, such as when "sieve" was mistakenly portrayed as rhyming with "leave".

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From spelling + pronunciation.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: skriftsprogsudtale — spelling pronunciation
  • Dutch: spellinguitspraak — spelling pronunciation
  • German: Schriftaussprache — spelling pronunciation
  • German: Aussprache nach dem Schriftbild — spelling pronunciation
  • German: Buchstabenaussprache — spelling pronunciation
  • Hungarian: írás sugallta ejtés — spelling pronunciation
  • Hungarian: írás/írásmód/írott alak szerinti ejtés/ejtésmód/kiejtés — spelling pronunciation
  • Low German: Utspraak na de Schrievwies — spelling pronunciation
  • Low German: Utsprook no de Schrievwies — spelling pronunciation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skriftspråksuttale — spelling pronunciation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skriftspråksuttale — spelling pronunciation
  • Polish: wymowa zgodna z pisownią — spelling pronunciation
  • Portuguese: pronúncia ortográfica — spelling pronunciation
  • Spanish: pronunciación ortográfica — spelling pronunciation
  • Swedish: skriftspråksuttal — spelling pronunciation