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deftly

DEFT-lee
deftlee in Ingglish
IPA /ˈdɛftli/ · 2 syllables

How “deftly” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “deftly” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishdeftly
Ingglishdeftlee

“deftly” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “deftly”
Ingglishdeftlee
IPA/d//ɛ//f//t//l//i/
Sounds
6 sounds from 6 letters: 2 vowels /ɛ/, /i/ and 4 consonants /d/, /f/, /t/, /l/
Syllables
2 — DEFT · lee, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.16 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #34,129 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛftli/

“deftly” — questions & answers

How do you spell “deftly”?

D-E-F-T-L-Y in English; “deftlee” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “deftly”?

DEFT-lee — IPA /ˈdɛftli/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “deftly”?

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

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