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elephant

E-la-fant
elafant in Ingglish
IPA /ˈɛləfənt/ · 3 syllables

How “elephant” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “elephant” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishelepha—nt
Ingglishelafant

“elephant” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “elephant”
Ingglishelafant
IPA/ɛ//l//ə//f//ə//n//t/
Sounds
7 sounds from 8 letters: 3 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/, /ə/ and 4 consonants /l/, /f/, /n/, /t/
Syllables
3 — E · la · fant, stress on the 1st
Frequency
common: 11.7 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #3,955 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛləfənt/

“elephant” — questions & answers

How do you spell “elephant”?

E-L-E-P-H-A-N-T in English; “elafant” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “elephant”?

E-la-fant — IPA /ˈɛləfənt/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “elephant”?

/ˈɛləfənt/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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