alpha
AL-fa
alfa in Ingglish
IPA /ˈælfə/ · 2 syllables
How “alpha” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | al | ph | a |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | al | f | a |
“alpha” sound by sound
| Ingglish | a | l | f | a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /æ/ | /l/ | /f/ | /ə/ |
- Sounds
- 4 sounds from 5 letters: 2 vowels /æ/, /ə/ and 2 consonants /l/, /f/
- Syllables
- 2 — AL · fa, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 8.3 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #4,952 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ælfə/
Words that sound like “alpha” (homophones)
Words that rhyme with “alpha” (/ælfə/)
“alpha” — questions & answers
How do you spell “alpha”?
A-L-P-H-A in English; “alfa” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “alpha”?
AL-fa — IPA /ˈælfə/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “alpha”?
/ˈælfə/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What words sound like “alpha”?
“alfa” — same sounds, different spelling.