# Phoneme list

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Use [Score Text/Phoneme List](https://api-docs.speechace.com/api-reference/score-text-phoneme-list) for scoring a phonetic list.
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The Speechace API also offers a function to score words that are concocted using a string of phonemes. As an example, consider the word "Gotcha," which is not a true dictionary word but is widely used in American vernacular. Such a word can be scored using the [Score Text/Phoneme List](https://api-docs.speechace.com/api-reference/score-text-phoneme-list) function which accepts a text string in the form of a list of phonemes along with an audio file and provides a quality score based on how closely the pronunciation in the audio file matches the phoneme list.