What are the word records for gramograms (words that sound like sequences of letters)?

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What are the word records for gramograms (words that sound like sequences of letters)?
(Pronunciation / Miscellaneous / Entire Word)

  a.  longest
  b.  for each letter

[ Editor: question framed by the editor from the headings of the Taxonomy of Wordplay. ]

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[ Editor: from the Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com, retrieved 28 Oct 2026. Classes (common, uncommon, hyphenated words, phrases), scores, ties (-t) and the source codes in brackets are explained in language/english/word.records.introduction. ]

Sources: [B97,19-222]

a.  longest
        common word: elementarily (LMNTRLE) (12)
        uncommon word: eosinophilous (ESNFLS) (13)
b.  for each letter
        see list "Word That Sounds Like Letters, Beginning with Each Letter" below

Word That Sounds Like Letters, Beginning with Each Letter
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a       apiarian (APREN)
b       beadier (BDR)
c       cesium (CZM)
d       devious (DVS)
e       eosinophilous (ESNFLS)
f       effeminacy (FMNSE)
g       gillotti (GLOT)
h       echevarria (HAVREA)
i       Iberian (IBREN)
j       jacuzzi (JQZ)
k       caseous (KSES)
l       elementarily (LMNTRLE)
m       eminency (MNNC)
n       anencephalous (NNCFLS)
o       obediency (OBDNC)
p       penial (PNEL)
q       curiosity (QRESET)
r       arcadian (RKDN)
s       aesculapian (SQLAPN)
t       tedious (TDS)
u       european (UROPN)
v       veneer (VNER)
w       doubloon (WN)
x       expediency (XPDNC)
y       wireless (YRLS)
z       xerophagy (ZRFAG)

-- Taxonomy of Wordplay, www.questrel.com