backbone
BAK-BOHN
bakbohn in Ingglish
IPA /ˈbækˌboʊn/ · 2 syllables
How “backbone” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | b | a | ck | b | o | n | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | b | a | k | b | oh | n | — |
“backbone” sound by sound
| Ingglish | b | a | k | b | oh | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /b/ | /æ/ | /k/ | /b/ | /oʊ/ | /n/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 8 letters: 2 vowels /æ/, /oʊ/ and 4 consonants /b/, /k/, /b/, /n/
- Syllables
- 2 — BAK · BOHN, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.7 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #13,052 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ækboʊn/
“backbone” — questions & answers
How do you spell “backbone”?
B-A-C-K-B-O-N-E in English; “bakbohn” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “backbone”?
BAK-BOHN — IPA /ˈbækˌboʊn/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “backbone”?
/ˈbækˌboʊn/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.