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chiefly

CHEE-flee
cheeflee in Ingglish
IPA /ˈtʃifli/ · 2 syllables

How “chiefly” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “chiefly” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishchiefly
Ingglishcheeflee

“chiefly” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “chiefly”
Ingglishcheeflee
IPA/tʃ//i//f//l//i/
Sounds
5 sounds from 7 letters: 2 vowels /i/, /i/ and 3 consonants /tʃ/, /f/, /l/
Syllables
2 — CHEE · flee, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.22 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #31,258 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ifli/

Words that rhyme with “chiefly” (/ifli/)

briefly

“chiefly” — questions & answers

How do you spell “chiefly”?

C-H-I-E-F-L-Y in English; “cheeflee” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “chiefly”?

CHEE-flee — IPA /ˈtʃifli/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “chiefly”?

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

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