We only have 26 letters, but there are 44 speech sounds.
Base on my research
The word sculpture has nine sounds.
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Speech sounds are specific sounds. The word physics would be pronounced as: fis - ics or fiz - ics
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Ran? Escalated?
There is one syllable in the word 'fruit'.
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Speech sounds are specific sounds. The word physics would be pronounced as: fis - ics or fiz - ics
There is one syllable in the word flag, but three speech sounds : "fl - a - g".
Phonemes are speech sounds, and in the word "it" there are just two phonemes - i / t.
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There are three phonemes, or speech sounds, in the word mat: m / a / t
There are six phonemes, or speech sounds, in the word 'animal'. They are a / n / i / m / a / l
The opposite of the word "phonetic" is "non-phonetic." Phonetics is the study of the sounds of speech, so non-phonetic would refer to something that is not related to speech sounds or pronunciation.
There are three phonemes in the word "tie": /t/, /aɪ/, and /ɪ/.
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Onomatopoeia
There are the phonemes, or speech sounds, in the word peach: p / ea / ch