The word "thabilitho" is quite unusual and may be difficult to spell at first glance. Its correct spelling can be explained using IPA phonetic transcription, which denotes the sounds of each letter or group of letters. In this word, the "th" is pronounced as /θ/ (voiceless dental fricative), the "a" as /æ/ (open front unrounded vowel), the "b" as /b/ (voiced bilabial stop), the "i" as /ɪ/ (near-close front unrounded vowel), the "l" as /l/ (voiced alveolar lateral approximant), the "t" as /t/ (voiceless alveolar stop), the "h" as /h/ (voiceless glottal fricative), and the "o" as /ɔ/ (open-mid back rounded vowel).