butterfly
BUH-ter-FLAI
buhterflai in Ingglish
IPA /ˈbʌtɝˌflaɪ/ · 3 syllables
How “butterfly” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | bu | t | terfl | y |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | bu | h | terfl | ai |
“butterfly” sound by sound
| Ingglish | b | uh | t | er | f | l | ai |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /b/ | /ʌ/ | /t/ | /ɝ/ | /f/ | /l/ | /aɪ/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ʌ/, /ɝ/, /aɪ/ and 4 consonants /b/, /t/, /f/, /l/
- Syllables
- 3 — BUH · ter · FLAI, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 5.7 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #6,400 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ʌtɝflaɪ/
“butterfly” — questions & answers
How do you spell “butterfly”?
B-U-T-T-E-R-F-L-Y in English; “buhterflai” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “butterfly”?
BUH-ter-FLAI — IPA /ˈbʌtɝˌflaɪ/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “butterfly”?
/ˈbʌtɝˌflaɪ/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.