Using terminology for spelling

Question	Answer
phoneme	the smallest sound unit possible
grapheme	the letter or combination of letters that represent a phoneme
morpheme	the smallest meaningful part of a word
inflectional morphemes	These morphemes show the grammatical function of a word
derivational morphemes	These morphemes make new words by changing the word class, e.g. noun to adjective
homophones	Words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings and different spellings
homographs	Words that are spelt the same but have different meanings and often have different pronunciation
synonym	A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word in certain contexts
antonym	A word having a meaning opposite to that of another word
syllable	One of more letters representing a unit of spoken language consisting of a single uninterrupted sound
onset	The beginning syllable of a word
rime/rhyme	the end syllable of a word

Resource summary

	Created by Vera Hutchinson about 8 years ago