Editing English-language spelling reform (section)

==Spelling reform proposals==
{{See also|List of language reforms of English}}
Most spelling reforms attempt to improve phonemic representation, but some attempt genuine [[phonetics|phonetic]] spelling,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hodges |first1=Richard E. |title=A Short History of Spelling Reform in the United States |journal=The Phi Delta Kappan |date=1964 |volume=45 |issue=7 |pages=330–332 |jstor=20343148 }}</ref> usually by changing the [[ISO basic Latin alphabet|basic English alphabet]] or making a new one. All spelling reforms aim for greater regularity in spelling.

===Using the basic English alphabet===

*[[Cut Spelling]]
*''[[Simplified Spelling Board|Handbook of Simplified Spelling]]''
*[[Regularized Inglish]]
*[[SoundSpel]]
*[[SR1|SR1 (Spelling Reform step 1)]]
*[[Traditional Spelling Revised|Traditional Spelling Revised (TSR)]]

=== Extending or replacing the basic English alphabet ===
[[File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-dsrt.png|thumb|[[Wikipedia logo]], with ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'' written in the Deseret alphabet]]
These proposals seek to eliminate the extensive use of [[digraph (orthography)|digraphs]] (such as "ch", "gh", "kn-", "-ng", "ph", "qu", "sh", voiced and voiceless "th", and "wh-") by introducing new letters and/or [[diacritic]]s. Each letter would then represent a single sound. In a digraph, the two letters represent not their individual sounds but instead an entirely different and discrete sound, which can lengthen words and lead to mishaps in pronunciation.

Notable proposals include: <!-- Note: Proposals without an article will be removed -->
* [[Benjamin Franklin's phonetic alphabet]]
* [[Deseret alphabet]]
* [[English Phonotypic Alphabet]]
* [[Interspel]]
* [[Shavian alphabet]] (revised version: [[Quikscript]])
* [[SaypU]] (Spell As You Pronounce Universally)
* [[Simpel-Fonetik Method of Writing]]
* [[Unifon]]

Some speakers of non-Latin script languages occasionally write English phonetically in their respective writing systems, which may be perceived as an ad hoc spelling reform by some.{{cn|date=March 2024}}