ballast
BA-last
balast in Ingglish
IPA /ˈbæləst/ · 2 syllables
How “ballast” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | ba | ll | ast |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | ba | l | ast |
“ballast” sound by sound
| Ingglish | b | a | l | a | s | t |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /b/ | /æ/ | /l/ | /ə/ | /s/ | /t/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 7 letters: 2 vowels /æ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /b/, /l/, /s/, /t/
- Syllables
- 2 — BA · last, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.2 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #15,618 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /æləst/
Words that rhyme with “ballast” (/æləst/)
“ballast” — questions & answers
How do you spell “ballast”?
B-A-L-L-A-S-T in English; “balast” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “ballast”?
BA-last — IPA /ˈbæləst/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “ballast”?
/ˈbæləst/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.