1. the act or process of spelling a word again, especially in a different way to show pronunciation

Examples

• The dictionary included a respelling of the foreign word to help readers pronounce it correctly.
• Teachers often use respelling techniques to help students with difficult vocabulary.
• The respelling showed that ‘colonel’ is pronounced like ‘kernel’.
• Many dictionaries provide respellings using simplified phonetic symbols.
• The respelling of proper names helps news anchors pronounce them accurately.
• Students found the respelling more helpful than the traditional phonetic transcription.