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breakwater

BRAY-KWAW-ter
braykwawter in Ingglish
IPA /ˈbɹeɪˌkwɔtɝ/ · 3 syllables

How “breakwater” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “breakwater” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishbreakwater
Ingglishbraykwawter

“breakwater” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “breakwater”
Ingglishbraykwawter
IPA/b//ɹ//eɪ//k//w//ɔ//t//ɝ/
Sounds
8 sounds from 10 letters: 3 vowels /eɪ/, /ɔ/, /ɝ/ and 5 consonants /b/, /ɹ/, /k/, /w/, /t/
Syllables
3 — BRAY · KWAW · ter, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.10 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #37,628 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/eɪkwɔtɝ/

“breakwater” — questions & answers

How do you spell “breakwater”?

B-R-E-A-K-W-A-T-E-R in English; “braykwawter” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “breakwater”?

BRAY-KWAW-ter — IPA /ˈbɹeɪˌkwɔtɝ/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “breakwater”?

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

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