backfire
BAK-FAIR
bakfair in Ingglish
IPA /ˈbækˌfaɪɹ/ · 2 syllables
How “backfire” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | b | a | ck | f | ir | e |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | b | a | k | f | air | — |
“backfire” sound by sound
| Ingglish | b | a | k | f | ai | r |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /b/ | /æ/ | /k/ | /f/ | /aɪ/ | /ɹ/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 8 letters: 2 vowels /æ/, /aɪ/ and 4 consonants /b/, /k/, /f/, /ɹ/
- Syllables
- 2 — BAK · FAIR, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- uncommon: 0.88 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #18,283 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ækfaɪɹ/
“backfire” — questions & answers
How do you spell “backfire”?
B-A-C-K-F-I-R-E in English; “bakfair” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “backfire”?
BAK-FAIR — IPA /ˈbækˌfaɪɹ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “backfire”?
/ˈbækˌfaɪɹ/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.