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captain

KAP-tan
kaptan in Ingglish
IPA /ˈkæptən/ · 2 syllables

How “captain” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “captain” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishcaptain
Ingglishkaptan

“captain” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “captain”
Ingglishkaptan
IPA/k//æ//p//t//ə//n/
Sounds
6 sounds from 7 letters: 2 vowels /æ/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /k/, /p/, /t/, /n/
Syllables
2 — KAP · tan, stress on the 1st
Frequency
very common: 214 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #455 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/æptən/

“captain” — questions & answers

How do you spell “captain”?

C-A-P-T-A-I-N in English; “kaptan” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “captain”?

KAP-tan — IPA /ˈkæptən/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “captain”?

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

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