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floodgates

FLUHD-GAYTS
fluhdgayts in Ingglish
IPA /ˈflʌdˌɡeɪts/ · 2 syllables

How “floodgates” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “floodgates” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishfloodgates
Ingglishfluhdgayt—s

“floodgates” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “floodgates”
Ingglishfluhdgayts
IPA/f//l//ʌ//d//ɡ//eɪ//t//s/
Sounds
8 sounds from 10 letters: 2 vowels /ʌ/, /eɪ/ and 6 consonants /f/, /l/, /d/, /ɡ/, /t/, /s/
Syllables
2 — FLUHD · GAYTS, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.24 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #30,543 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ʌdɡeɪts/

“floodgates” — questions & answers

How do you spell “floodgates”?

F-L-O-O-D-G-A-T-E-S in English; “fluhdgayts” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “floodgates”?

FLUHD-GAYTS — IPA /ˈflʌdˌɡeɪts/, 2 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “floodgates”?

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

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