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elbow

EL-BOH
elboh in Ingglish
IPA /ˈɛlˌboʊ/ · 2 syllables

How “elbow” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “elbow” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishelbow
Ingglishelboh

“elbow” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “elbow”
Ingglishelboh
IPA/ɛ//l//b//oʊ/
Sounds
4 sounds from 5 letters: 2 vowels /ɛ/, /oʊ/ and 2 consonants /l/, /b/
Syllables
2 — EL · BOH, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 6.3 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #5,966 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛlboʊ/

“elbow” — questions & answers

How do you spell “elbow”?

E-L-B-O-W in English; “elboh” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “elbow”?

EL-BOH — IPA /ˈɛlˌboʊ/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “elbow”?

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

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