I don’t mean IPA symbols (which I can’t read) but rather characters from a normal alphabet being used to phoneticise a word, e.g. excerpt is pronounced “[EK] + [SURPT]”. What would this be called? Letter-based phoneticisation?
I believe you’re thinking of phonetically, or spelling it how you hear it.
Phonetic spelling
https://study.com/learn/lesson/phonetic-spelling-examples.html
Do you want to learn the IPA? It’s not very difficult.
Here’s a simple introdtion vid: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OJlF2eiGsP4
The IPA is a lot more efficient in that regard! It’s international so it’s valid for all languages, whereas phonetic spelling is easier to learn but changes from language to language.
If you’re specifically looking for a term that differentiates what you’re describing from IPA, see pronunciation respelling.
I thought both the sound and the letters were referred to as phonetics. Now I’m interested in what other answers are.
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