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balsam

BAWL-sam
bawlsam in Ingglish
IPA /ˈbɔlsəm/ · 2 syllables

How “balsam” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “balsam” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishbalsam
Ingglishbawlsam

“balsam” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “balsam”
Ingglishbawlsam
IPA/b//ɔ//l//s//ə//m/
Sounds
6 sounds from 6 letters: 2 vowels /ɔ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /b/, /l/, /s/, /m/
Syllables
2 — BAWL · sam, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.16 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #33,949 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɔlsəm/

“balsam” — questions & answers

How do you spell “balsam”?

B-A-L-S-A-M in English; “bawlsam” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “balsam”?

BAWL-sam — IPA /ˈbɔlsəm/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “balsam”?

/ˈbɔlsəm/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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