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barbecue

BAR-bi-KYOO
barbikyoo in Ingglish
IPA /ˈbɑɹbɪˌkju/ · 3 syllables

How “barbecue” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “barbecue” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishbarbecue
Ingglishbarbikyoo

“barbecue” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “barbecue”
Ingglishborbikyoo
IPA/b//ɑ//ɹ//b//ɪ//k//j//u/
Sounds
8 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /ɑ/, /ɪ/, /u/ and 5 consonants /b/, /ɹ/, /b/, /k/, /j/
Syllables
3 — BAR · bi · KYOO, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 9.2 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #4,668 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɑɹbɪkju/

Words that sound like “barbecue” (homophones)

barbeque

Words that rhyme with “barbecue” (/ɑɹbɪkju/)

barbeque

“barbecue” — questions & answers

How do you spell “barbecue”?

B-A-R-B-E-C-U-E in English; “barbikyoo” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “barbecue”?

BAR-bi-KYOO — IPA /ˈbɑɹbɪˌkju/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “barbecue”?

/ˈbɑɹbɪˌkju/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What words sound like “barbecue”?

“barbeque” — same sounds, different spelling.

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