decibel
DE-sa-BEL
desabel in Ingglish
IPA /ˈdɛsəˌbɛl/ · 3 syllables
How “decibel” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | de | ci | bel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | de | sa | bel |
“decibel” sound by sound
| Ingglish | d | e | s | a | b | e | l |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /d/ | /ɛ/ | /s/ | /ə/ | /b/ | /ɛ/ | /l/ |
- Sounds
- 7 sounds from 7 letters: 3 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/, /ɛ/ and 4 consonants /d/, /s/, /b/, /l/
- Syllables
- 3 — DE · sa · BEL, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- uncommon: 0.20 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #32,194 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛsəbɛl/
“decibel” — questions & answers
How do you spell “decibel”?
D-E-C-I-B-E-L in English; “desabel” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “decibel”?
DE-sa-BEL — IPA /ˈdɛsəˌbɛl/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “decibel”?
/ˈdɛsəˌbɛl/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.