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The correct spelling is alphabet.
How to pronounce alphabet
/ˈæl.fə.bɛt/
nounIPA: /ˈæl.fə.bɛt/
Say it like: Alf-abe-t
The correct spelling is alphabet. The set of letters used when writing in a language. For example: "In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet."
Usage Examples
“In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet.”
“Let L be a regular language over the alphabet \Sigma.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The set of letters used when writing in a language.
- 2.A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
- 3.A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
- 4.An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
- 5.The simplest rudiments; elements.
verb
- 1.To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
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