colleagues
KO-leegz
koleegz
/ˈkɑliɡz/ · 2 syllables
“colleagues” letter by letter
| English | c | o | ll | e | agu | e | s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | k | o | l | e | — | e | gz |
How “colleagues” sounds out
| Ingglish | k | o | l | ee | g | z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /k/ | /ɑ/ | /l/ | /i/ | /ɡ/ | /z/ |
- Sounds
- 6 from 10 letters — 2 vowels /ɑ/, /i/ and 4 consonants /k/, /l/, /ɡ/, /z/
- Syllables
- 2 — KO · leegz, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common — 6.7 uses per million words in the SUBTLEX subtitle corpus, ranking it #5,750 of 48,804
- Rhyme ending
- /ɡz/
Words that rhyme with “colleagues” (/ɡz/)
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“colleagues” — questions & answers
How do you spell “colleagues”?
C-O-L-L-E-A-G-U-E-S in English; “koleegz” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “colleagues”?
KO-leegz — IPA /ˈkɑliɡz/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.