backwards
BA-kwerdz
bakwerdz in Ingglish
IPA /ˈbækwɝdz/ · 2 syllables
How “backwards” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | b | a | ck | wards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | b | a | k | werdz |
“backwards” sound by sound
| Ingglish | b | a | k | w | er | d | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /b/ | /æ/ | /k/ | /w/ | /ɝ/ | /d/ | /z/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 9 letters: 2 vowels /æ/, /ɝ/ and 5 consonants /b/, /k/, /w/, /d/, /z/
- Syllables
- 2 — BA · kwerdz, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- common: 13.4 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #3,554 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ækwɝdz/
“backwards” — questions & answers
How do you spell “backwards”?
B-A-C-K-W-A-R-D-S in English; “bakwerdz” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “backwards”?
BA-kwerdz — IPA /ˈbækwɝdz/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “backwards”?
/ˈbækwɝdz/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.