costly
KOST-lee
kostlee in Ingglish
IPA /ˈkɑstli/ · 2 syllables
How “costly” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | c | o | s | t | l | y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | k | o | s | t | l | ee |
“costly” sound by sound
| Ingglish | k | o | s | t | l | ee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /k/ | /ɑ/ | /s/ | /t/ | /l/ | /i/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 6 letters: 2 vowels /ɑ/, /i/ and 4 consonants /k/, /s/, /t/, /l/
- Syllables
- 2 — KOST · lee, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- fairly common: 1.6 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #13,524 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɑstli/
“costly” — questions & answers
How do you spell “costly”?
C-O-S-T-L-Y in English; “kostlee” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “costly”?
KOST-lee — IPA /ˈkɑstli/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “costly”?
/ˈkɑstli/ — 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.