ballyhoo
BA-lee-HOO
baleehoo in Ingglish
IPA /ˈbæliˈhu/ · 3 syllables
How “ballyhoo” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | bal | ly | hoo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | bal | ee | hoo |
“ballyhoo” sound by sound
| Ingglish | b | a | l | ee | h | oo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /b/ | /æ/ | /l/ | /i/ | /h/ | /u/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /æ/, /i/, /u/ and 3 consonants /b/, /l/, /h/
- Syllables
- 3 — BA · lee · HOO, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- uncommon: 0.10 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #37,572 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ælihu/
“ballyhoo” — questions & answers
How do you spell “ballyhoo”?
B-A-L-L-Y-H-O-O in English; “baleehoo” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “ballyhoo”?
BA-lee-HOO — IPA /ˈbæliˈhu/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “ballyhoo”?
/ˈbæliˈhu/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.