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elephants

E-la-fants
elafants in Ingglish
IPA /ˈɛləfənts/ · 3 syllables

How “elephants” is spelled in Ingglish

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

“elephants” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “elephants”
Ingglishelafants
IPA/ɛ//l//ə//f//ə//n//t//s/
Sounds
8 sounds from 9 letters: 3 vowels /ɛ/, /ə/, /ə/ and 5 consonants /l/, /f/, /n/, /t/, /s/
Syllables
3 — E · la · fants, stress on the 1st
Frequency
fairly common: 4.5 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #7,398 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɛləfənts/

“elephants” — questions & answers

How do you spell “elephants”?

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

How do you pronounce “elephants”?

E-la-fants — IPA /ˈɛləfənts/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “elephants”?

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

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