alligator
A-la-GAY-ter
alagayter in Ingglish
IPA /ˈæləˌɡeɪtɝ/ · 4 syllables
How “alligator” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | al | li | g | a | t | o | r |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | al | a | g | ay | t | e | r |
“alligator” sound by sound
| Ingglish | a | l | a | g | ay | t | er |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /æ/ | /l/ | /ə/ | /ɡ/ | /eɪ/ | /t/ | /ɝ/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 9 letters: 4 vowels /æ/, /ə/, /eɪ/, /ɝ/ and 3 consonants /l/, /ɡ/, /t/
- Syllables
- 4 — A · la · GAY · ter, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 3.6 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #8,475 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /æləɡeɪtɝ/
“alligator” — questions & answers
How do you spell “alligator”?
A-L-L-I-G-A-T-O-R in English; “alagayter” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “alligator”?
A-la-GAY-ter — IPA /ˈæləˌɡeɪtɝ/, 4 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “alligator”?
/ˈæləˌɡeɪtɝ/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 1st.