The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PHONEME which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1992.
Smallest unit of speech crossword clue answers
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| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PHONEME | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Smallest unit of speech
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- phoneme
- morpheme
- syllable
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- sememe
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Crossword Answer definitions
PHONEME noun- An indivisible unit of sound in a given language. A phoneme is an abstraction of the physical speech sounds (phones) and may encompass several different phones.
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