Template:Respell

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This template formats pronunciation respellings of English words. It puts the input in italics, hyphenates each value so it will represent a syllable, and links to Help:Pronunciation respelling key. Stressed syllables are input in uppercase and will appear slightly smaller than usual uppercase letters.

Notation must be spelled accordingly to the respelling key at Help:Pronunciation respelling key. For example, the word pronunciation (IPA: /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃən/) is respelled prə-NUN-see-AY-shən; using this template, the formatting is:

• {{respell|prə|NUN|see|AY|shən}} → prə-NUN-see-AY-shən

How to use

On Wikipedia, respelling is most commonly used to help clarify the pronunciation of a name or topic in the lead section or introductory paragraph of an article. Per the Manual of Style, respelling may only follow and augment a corresponding International Phonetic Alphabet template (e.g., {{IPAc-en}}) and may never be used in place of one. The template provides a link to a key so that readers may easily discover how to pronounce an easily mispronounced or difficult-to-pronounce word. For example:

• Worcestershire (/ˈwʊstərʃər/ WUUS-tər-shər) is a county located in central England.

  <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Worcestershire (/ˈwʊstərʃər/ WUUS-tər-shər) is a county located in central England.</syntaxhighlight>

Common practice is to put a single space (and no punctuation, like a comma) between the IPA and the respelling for clarity, as in:

• Massachusetts (/ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɪts/ MASS-ə-CHOO-sits, /-zɪts/ -⁠zits) is the most populous state in New England.

  <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Massachusetts (/ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɪts/ MASS-ə-CHOO-sits, /-zɪts/ -⁠zits) is the most populous state in New England.</syntaxhighlight>

Any argument containing an underscore _ or beginning or ending with a hyphen - will not generate adjoining hyphens and will instead turn the underscore into a space, allowing for denoting word boundaries, alternate pronunciations, and affix ellipses. For example:

• Avram Noam Chomsky: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>av-RAHM NOHM CHOM-skee</syntaxhighlight> → av-RAHM NOHM CHOM-skee
• Copenhagen: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>KOH-pən-HAY-gən, -⁠HAH-</syntaxhighlight> → KOH-pən-HAY-gən, -⁠HAH-

An argument beginning in (- or ending in -) will also suppress the extra hyphen, so that optional syllables can be indicated.

• coupe: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>KOOP(-ay)</syntaxhighlight> → KOOP(-ay)

Examples

• Ceres /ˈsɪəriːz/ SEER-eez

  {{respell|SEER|eez}}

• Haumea /haʊˈmeɪə/ how-MAY-ə

  {{respell|how|MAY|ə}}

• algorithm /ˈælɡərɪðəm/ AL-gə-ridh-əm

  {{respell|AL|gə|ridh|əm}}

• Makemake /ˌmɑːkeɪˈmɑːkeɪ/ MAH-kay-MAH-kay

  {{respell|MAH|kay|MAH|kay}}

• disestablishmentarianism /dɪsəˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛəriənɪzəm/ dis-ə-STAB-lish-mən-TAIR-ee-ə-niz-əm

  {{respell|dis|ə|STAB|lish|mən|TAIR|ee|ə|niz|əm}}

• Pan /pæn/ PAN

  {{respell|PAN}}

• machine /məˈʃiːn/ mə-SHEEN

  {{respell|mə|SHEEN}}

• overconsume /ˌoʊvərkənˈsjuːm/ OH-vər-kən-SEWM

  {{respell|OH|vər|kən|SEWM}}

• Azerbaijan /ˌæzərbaɪˈdʒɑːn/ AZ-ər-by-JAHN

  {{respell|AZ|ər|by|JAHN}}

• if you wish upon a star /ˌɪf juː ˈwɪʃ əˌpɒn ə ˈstɑːr/ IF yoo WISH ə-PON ə STAR

  {{respell|IF|_|yoo|_|WISH|_|ə|PON|_|ə|_|STAR}}

• betting odds /ˈbɛtɪŋ ɒdz/ BET-ing odz

  {{respell|BET|ing|_|odz}}

• Jazze Pha /ˈdʒæzi ˈfeɪ/ JAZ-ee FAY

  {{respell|JAZ|ee|_|FAY}}

Documentation

|link=no cancels the link to Help:Pronunciation respelling key. This is for documentation outside the main namespace only.

• {{respell|prə|NUN|see|AY|shən|link=no}} → prə-NUN-see-AY-shən

Template Data

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See also

• Help:IPA/English

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