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backgammon

BAK-GA-man
bakgaman in Ingglish
IPA /ˈbækˌɡæmən/ · 3 syllables

How “backgammon” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “backgammon” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishbackgammon
Ingglishbakgaman

“backgammon” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “backgammon”
Ingglishbakgaman
IPA/b//æ//k//ɡ//æ//m//ə//n/
Sounds
8 sounds from 10 letters: 3 vowels /æ/, /æ/, /ə/ and 5 consonants /b/, /k/, /ɡ/, /m/, /n/
Syllables
3 — BAK · GA · man, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.74 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #19,889 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ækɡæmən/

“backgammon” — questions & answers

How do you spell “backgammon”?

B-A-C-K-G-A-M-M-O-N in English; “bakgaman” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “backgammon”?

BAK-GA-man — IPA /ˈbækˌɡæmən/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “backgammon”?

/ˈbækˌɡæmən/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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