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cellphone

SEL-fohn
selfohn in Ingglish
IPA /ˈsɛlfoʊn/ · 2 syllables

How “cellphone” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “cellphone” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishcellphone
Ingglishselfohn—

“cellphone” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “cellphone”
Ingglishselfohn
IPA/s//ɛ//l//f//oʊ//n/
Sounds
6 sounds from 9 letters: 2 vowels /ɛ/, /oʊ/ and 4 consonants /s/, /l/, /f/, /n/
Syllables
2 — SEL · fohn, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 3.2 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #9,118 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛlfoʊn/

“cellphone” — questions & answers

How do you spell “cellphone”?

C-E-L-L-P-H-O-N-E in English; “selfohn” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “cellphone”?

SEL-fohn — IPA /ˈsɛlfoʊn/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “cellphone”?

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

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