Words spelled the same way they are pronounced

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Is there a term for words that are spelled the same way they are pronounced? If so, is there a list of them somewhere?

For example, I have thought of:

More explicitly, words whose spelling is pronounced the same as how the word itself is pronounced.

I once asked if there's a term for words which were coined due to looking like their physical typographical representation (such as the new word "uwu") - so I can't complain :) — Fattie, Commented Dec 31, 2020 at 4:02
I apologize for the behavior of some of my colleagues. I've upvoted to compensate. — Ricky, Commented Dec 31, 2020 at 4:23
As for your actual question, no, I don't think there's a term for words that are phonetically spelled. Oh, and Io was an Argive princess before she was a moon. — Ricky, Commented Dec 31, 2020 at 4:32
@Ricky, thank you. Do you know if there may be a list somewhere for these? I've only thought of these few and I'm afraid the list may be short but surely there must be a few more. — ryan, Commented Dec 31, 2020 at 5:32
A, I , O and K are simply names of letters; I'd hardly classify them as words whose spelling was of any significance. — Kate Bunting, Commented Dec 31, 2020 at 9:09

Justin · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-15 19:04:32Z

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The phrase phonemic orthography seems to describes spelling phonetically¹

of or relating to the phoneme(smallest unit of sound which is significant in a language)

a writing system

spelling considered to be correct

the principles underlying spelling

Can't find a list of words spelled the same way they are pronounced.

Justin

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answered Oct 6, 2021 at 17:52

depperm

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Good point that, in a language that employs phonemic orthography, assuming that each phoneme's "name" is the same as its "sound," then every word would meet the OP's description. But modern English (the topic of this SE and assumed context of the question) does not.
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JuanNo · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-17 00:44:36Z

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Onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeic. Actually it means the worded is spelled to imitate the actual sound made by the word. eg Shatter.

answered Apr 17, 2022 at 0:44

JuanNo

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None of the examples are onomatopoeias.
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