excelsior
ik-SEL-see-er
ikselsee-er in Ingglish
IPA /ɪkˈsɛlsiɝ/ · 4 syllables
How “excelsior” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | exc | els | io | r |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | iks | els | ee-e | r |
“excelsior” sound by sound
| Ingglish | i | k | s | e | l | s | ee | er |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /ɪ/ | /k/ | /s/ | /ɛ/ | /l/ | /s/ | /i/ | /ɝ/ |
- Sounds
- 8 sounds from 9 letters: 4 vowels /ɪ/, /ɛ/, /i/, /ɝ/ and 4 consonants /k/, /s/, /l/, /s/
- Syllables
- 4 — ik · SEL · see · er, stress on the 2nd
- Frequency
- uncommon: 0.76 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #19,683 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /ɛlsiɝ/
“excelsior” — questions & answers
How do you spell “excelsior”?
E-X-C-E-L-S-I-O-R in English; “ikselsee-er” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “excelsior”?
ik-SEL-see-er — IPA /ɪkˈsɛlsiɝ/, 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.
What is the IPA for “excelsior”?
/ɪkˈsɛlsiɝ/ — 4 syllables, stress on the 2nd.