Phonetic dictionary

A phonetic dictionary (also known as a pronouncing dictionary) is a dictionary that allows you to locate the word by the way it sounds. These dictionaries are useful when the spelling of a word is unknown.

Public Domain Phonetic Dictionaries

The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary is a public domain pronouncing dictionary created by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).

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Commercial Phonetic Dictionaries

Wordspeller is a commercial phonetic dictionary, designed for access via phone platforms. See the "American Wordspeller & Phonetic Dictionary" and the "American Wordspeller & Phonetic Dictionary ESL".

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External links

The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Gabby's Wordspeller and Phonetic Dictionary

American Wordspeller and Phonetic Dictionary

American Wordspeller and Phonetic Dictionary ESL

v t e Lexicography

Types of reference works	Dictionary Glossary Lexicon Thesaurus

Types of dictionaries	Bilingual Biographical Conceptual Defining Electronic Encyclopedic Language for specific purposes dictionary Machine-readable Maximizing Medical Minimizing Monolingual learner's Multi-field Phonetic Picture Reverse Rhyming Rime Single-field Specialized Sub-field Visual

Lexicographic projects	Lexigraf WordNet

Other	List of lexicographers List of online dictionaries

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