Home › Words › A › alphabeticsalphabeticsalphabetics means the science of representing spoken sounds by letters.EtymologyFrom alphabet + -ics.nounThe science of representing spoken sounds by letters.The study of the alphabet, the sounds associated with each letter, and the construction of written words.e.g.“Almost all of the studies with results related to alphabetics were conducted with adult non-readers or beginning readers and none compared the effects of alphabetics instruction across reading levels.” — 2002, John Kruidenier, Research-based Principles for Adult Basic Education Reading Instruction, page 48:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.alphabetology 73% match — The study of alphabetic writing. vs alphabetics →alphabetical 68% match — Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet. vs alphabetics →alphabetological 68% match — Relating to alphabetology. vs alphabetics →alphabet 67% match — The set of letters used when writing in a language. vs alphabetics →acrophony 67% match — The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters. vs alphabetics →alphabetlike 66% match — Resembling an alphabet. vs alphabetics →alphabetic 66% match — Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase. vs alphabetics →alphabeticity 65% match — The quality of being alphabetic. vs alphabetics →