colonel
KER-nal
kernal in Ingglish
IPA /ˈkɝnəl/ · 2 syllables
How “colonel” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | colon | e | — | l |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | k | e | rna | l |
“colonel” sound by sound
| Ingglish | k | er | n | a | l |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /k/ | /ɝ/ | /n/ | /ə/ | /l/ |
- Sounds
- 5 sounds from 7 letters: 2 vowels /ɝ/, /ə/ and 3 consonants /k/, /n/, /l/
- Syllables
- 2 — KER · nal, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- common: 98.7 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #767 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɝnəl/
Words that sound like “colonel” (homophones)
Words that rhyme with “colonel” (/ɝnəl/)
journalkernelvernaleternalinternalexternalmaternalnocturnalinfernalpaternal
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“colonel” — questions & answers
How do you spell “colonel”?
C-O-L-O-N-E-L in English; “kernal” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “colonel”?
KER-nal — IPA /ˈkɝnəl/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “colonel”?
/ˈkɝnəl/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What words sound like “colonel”?
“kernel” — same sounds, different spelling.