boatswain
BOHT-swayn
bohtswayn in Ingglish
IPA /ˈboʊtsweɪn/ · 2 syllables
How “boatswain” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | b | oa | t | s | w | ai | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | b | oh | t | s | w | ay | n |
“boatswain” sound by sound
| Ingglish | b | oh | t | s | w | ay | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /b/ | /oʊ/ | /t/ | /s/ | /w/ | /eɪ/ | /n/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 9 letters: 2 vowels /oʊ/, /eɪ/ and 5 consonants /b/, /t/, /s/, /w/, /n/
- Syllables
- 2 — BOHT · swayn, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- uncommon: 0.46 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #24,352 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /oʊtsweɪn/
“boatswain” — questions & answers
How do you spell “boatswain”?
B-O-A-T-S-W-A-I-N in English; “bohtswayn” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “boatswain”?
BOHT-swayn — IPA /ˈboʊtsweɪn/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “boatswain”?
/ˈboʊtsweɪn/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.