firefly
FAI-er-FLAI
faierflai in Ingglish
IPA /ˈfaɪɝˌflaɪ/ · 3 syllables
How “firefly” is spelled in Ingglish
| English | f | — | i | r | e | — | fl | y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingglish | f | a | i | — | e | r | fl | ai |
“firefly” sound by sound
| Ingglish | f | ai | er | f | l | ai |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /f/ | /aɪ/ | /ɝ/ | /f/ | /l/ | /aɪ/ |
- Sounds
- 6 sounds from 7 letters: 3 vowels /aɪ/, /ɝ/, /aɪ/ and 3 consonants /f/, /f/, /l/
- Syllables
- 3 — FAI · er · FLAI, stress on the 1st
- Frequency
- uncommon: 0.56 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #22,555 of the 48,804 words on this site
- Rhyme ending
- /aɪɝflaɪ/
“firefly” — questions & answers
How do you spell “firefly”?
F-I-R-E-F-L-Y in English; “faierflai” in Ingglish.
How do you pronounce “firefly”?
FAI-er-FLAI — IPA /ˈfaɪɝˌflaɪ/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.
What is the IPA for “firefly”?
/ˈfaɪɝˌflaɪ/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.