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Phoneme vs Lexem - What's the difference?

phoneme | lexem |

Lexem is likely misspelled.


Lexem has no English definition.

As a noun phoneme

is an indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.

phoneme

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
  • Derived terms

    * * * phonemic * phonemical * phonemically * phonemicist * phonemics

    See also

    * chereme * chroneme * grammeme * grapheme * lemma * lexeme * listeme * morpheme * sememe * toneme

    Anagrams

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    lexem

    Not English

    Lexem has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'lexem':

    logjam, lissom, lyceum, locum, locoum, ligsam