backwater
BA-KWAW-ter
bakwawter in Ingglish
IPA /ˈbæˌkwɔtɝ/ · 3 syllables
How “backwater” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | b | a | ck | water |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | b | a | k | wawter |
“backwater” sound by sound
| Ingglish | b | a | k | w | aw | t | er |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /b/ | /æ/ | /k/ | /w/ | /ɔ/ | /t/ | /ɝ/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /æ/, /ɔ/, /ɝ/ and 4 consonants /b/, /k/, /w/, /t/
- Syllables
- 3 — BA · KWAW · ter, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- uncommon: 0.62 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #21,468 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ækwɔtɝ/
“backwater” — questions & answers
How do you spell “backwater”?
B-A-C-K-W-A-T-E-R in English; “bakwawter” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “backwater”?
BA-KWAW-ter — IPA /ˈbæˌkwɔtɝ/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “backwater”?
/ˈbæˌkwɔtɝ/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.