# phonetics

> English word · Noun · IPA /fəˈnɛt.ɪks/ · frequency rank #48,968

## Definitions
1. The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.

## Etymology
From phonetic + -s.

## Easily confused with
- **poetics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phonetics-vs-poetics)
- **phonics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phonetics-vs-phonics)
- **phonetic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phonetic-vs-phonetics)

## Common misspellings (14)
`hponetics`, `phhonetics`, `phnoetics`, `phoentics`, `phoneitcs`, `phonetcis`, `phoneticcs`, `phoneticss`, `phonetisc`, `phonettics`, `phonnetics`, `phonteics`, `pohnetics`, `pphonetics`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/phonetics